Emerging Infectious Disease Implications of Invasive Mammalian Species: The Greater White-Toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula) Is Associated With a Novel Serovar of Pathogenic Leptospira in Ireland.

• Main Authors: Jarlath E Nally (Author), Zbigniew Arent (Author), Darrell O Bayles (Author), Richard L Hornsby (Author), Colm Gilmore (Author), Siobhan Regan (Author), Allan D McDevitt (Author), Jon Yearsley (Author), Séamus Fanning (Author), Barry J McMahon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is an invasive mammalian species that was first recorded in Ireland in 2007. It currently occupies an area of approximately 7,600 km2 on the island. C. russula is normally distributed in Northern Africa and Western Europe, and was previously absent...