| 1. | Infected rats carry leptospira in their kidneys and excrete them in urine.
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| 2. | "Leptospira " are also classified based on their serovar.
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| 3. | About 250 pathogenic serovars of " Leptospira " are recognized.
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| 4. | Leptospira viruses cause Leptospirosis in humans and similar symptoms in Syrian hamsters.
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| 5. | It is a member of the genus Leptospira.
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| 6. | A few serovars are found in more than one species of " Leptospira ".
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| 7. | Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by bacteria of the genus " Leptospira ".
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| 8. | Members of " Leptospira " are also grouped into serovars according to their antigenic relatedness.
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| 9. | Differences in the highly immunogenic LPS structure account for the numerous serovars of " Leptospira ".
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| 10. | Tohui died on November 16, 1993, at the age of 12, victim of a crisis of leptospira.
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