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

Jarlath E. Nally; Zbigniew Arent; Darrell O. Bayles; Richard L. Hornsby; Colm Gilmore; Siobhan Regan; Allan D. McDevitt; Jon Yearsley; Séamus Fanning; Barry J. McMahon

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005174

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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

Jarlath E. Nally ,

* E-mail: Jarlath.Nally@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Zbigniew Arent,

Affiliation University Centre of Veterinary Medicine JU-UAK, University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland
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Darrell O. Bayles,

Affiliation Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Richard L. Hornsby,

Affiliation Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Colm Gilmore,

Affiliation OIE Leptospirosis Reference Laboratory, Veterinary Sciences Division, AFBI, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Siobhan Regan,

Affiliation UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Allan D. McDevitt,

Affiliation Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
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Jon Yearsley,

Affiliation UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science and UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Séamus Fanning,

Affiliation UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Barry J. McMahon

Affiliation UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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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

Jarlath E. Nally,
Zbigniew Arent,
Darrell O. Bayles,
Richard L. Hornsby,
Colm Gilmore,
Siobhan Regan,
Allan D. McDevitt,
Jon Yearsley,
Séamus Fanning,
Barry J. McMahon

Published: December 9, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005174

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