Hathaway S C, Little T W, Stevens A E
Res Vet Sci. 1982 May;32(3):387-8.
A total of 272 house mice (Mus musculus) were trapped in farm buildings at four widely separated locations of south east England and examined for serological and bacteriological evidence of leptospiral infection. Only two low titres to autumnalis antigen (1:20 and 1:40) were recorded and all mice were bacteriologically negative. The absence of leptospiral infection in the house mouse in south east England is an interesting ecological finding, as this species is a maintenance host for ballum in many countries and also a common carrier of several other serovars. The source of ballum infections in domestic stock in England remains unknown.
在英格兰东南部四个相距甚远的农场建筑中，共捕获了272只家鼠（小家鼠），并对其进行了血清学和细菌学检查，以寻找钩端螺旋体感染的证据。仅记录到两份针对秋季型抗原的低滴度（1:20和1:40），所有小鼠的细菌学检查均为阴性。英格兰东南部家鼠中不存在钩端螺旋体感染是一个有趣的生态学发现，因为在许多国家，该物种是拜伦型钩端螺旋体的储存宿主，也是其他几种血清型的常见携带者。英格兰家畜中拜伦型钩端螺旋体感染的来源仍然未知。
