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Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae in Oxford Rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. D. Middleton
A. D. Middleton
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(From the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford.)
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41·7 per cent. of the rats in the Oxford district were found to carry Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae in their kidneys. The percentage infection increases until the animals are mature, reaching a maximum of 56 per cent. among one class of the population, but is less among the oldest rats. There is evidence that the organism is acquired comparatively early in life, and that immunity is obtained after a long period of infection.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , July 1929 , pp. 219 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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