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. 2016 Aug 30;10(8):e0004933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004933

Table 1. Animals from the wild and domestic fauna of Mayotte tested for carriage of Leptospira spp. by real-time PCR, culture, and genotyping.

Host species Number of animals Number of animals Number of Leptospira Number of typed Leptospira spp.
tested by RT-PCR tested by culture spp. positive animals Leptospira strains
(OP, K, U)* (K, U)* (%) Lb Lm Li Lk
Rattus rattus 289 81 46 (15.9) 21 13 0 3 5
(OP = 289) (K = 81) (38PCR+/Culture-
8PCR+/Culture+)
Tenrec 37 36 10 (27.0) 8 0 8 0 0
ecaudatus (OP = 37) (K = 36, U = 17, 17) (2PCR+/Culture-
8PCR+/Culture+)
Bos indica 18 0 1 PCR+ (5.6) 0 0 0 0 0
(K = 18)
Canis lupus 53 0 7 PCR+ (13.2) 6 3 0 0 3
familiaris (K = 38, U = 45, 30)
Chaerephon 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0
sp. (U = 69) (U = 69)
Pteropus 20 20 2 PCR+ (10.0) 1 0 0 0 1
seychellensis (U = 20) (U = 20)
comorensis

Lb: L. borgpetersenii, Lm: L. mayottensis, Li: L. interrogans, Lk: L. kirschneri.

* OP: organ pool, K: kidney, U: urine.

† Number of animals with paired sampling (OP/K+U)