Table 1. Leptospira burden in blood, kidney, and urine of mice infected via IP, TD, NM, OM, and CJ [10] routes.

The values shown are the average bacterial load observed on peak day for blood, and on termination day (d15) for kidney and urine.

	IP	TD	NM	OM	CJ [10]
μL Blood	7x103	1.3x104	5x104	0	103
mg Kidney	1.7x105	7.4x104	8.6x103	0	104
μL Urine	3.2x106	6x103	8.8x104	0	106