Adipose tissue is the first colonization site of Leptospira interrogans in subcutaneously infected hamsters

• Ryo Ozuru ,

  * E-mail: ozuru@med.tottori-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Division of Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

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• Mitsumasa Saito,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Takaaki Kanemaru,

  Affiliation Morphology Core Unit, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Satoshi Miyahara,

  Current address: Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Sharon Y. A. M. Villanueva,

  Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines-Manila, Manila, Philippines

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Gerald L. Murray,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Ben Adler,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Jun Fujii,

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Yoshida

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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