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PREVIOUS investigations of wild life in the United States have established the grey fox and the raccoon as natural hosts of leptospires. Leptospira ballum1, L. australis A2, and L grippotyphosa2 have been isolated from the grey fox. Leptospira ballum1, L. pomona1, L. australis A3, L. grippotyphosa2, L. autumnalis4, and L. mini-Georgia5 have been isolated from the raccoon.
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CLARK, L., KRESSE, J., MARSHAK, R. et al. Natural Occurrence of Leptospira icterohæmorrhagiæ in the Eastern Grey Fox and the Eastern Raccoon. Nature 192, 1312–1313 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921312a0
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