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Infection rates of Rattus norvegicus with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae in Great Britain: I. A Rural Area in Carmarthenshire, Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. C. Broom  and
E. A. Gibson
J. C. Broom
Affiliation:
Wellcome Research Institution, London
E. A. Gibson
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Veterinary Investigation Centre, Cambridge
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A description is given of the topography, type of farming carried out, and the living conditions of the agricultural community of a district in South Wales where a survey was made of the infection rate of rats with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.

Leptospires were seen in stained sections of the kidneys of eighty-two of the 357 rats examined (23%). With a single exception, all the infected rats were adult, but no difference in sex-incidence was found.

Weil's disease occurs in this area, but no cases in man or cattle had been reported from this particular locality. Blood samples taken from six persons living on two heavily infested farms contained no anti-leptospiral agglutinins.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , September 1953 , pp. 416 - 425
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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