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