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The microscopic agglutination (MA) test was used, and titres to <jats:italic>hardjo<\/jats:italic> antigen were detected in 33.5% of 352 brush\u2010tailed possums (<jats:italic>Trichosurus vulpecula<\/jats:italic>) sampled in several areas of Victoria. Prevalence of reactors ranged from 14 to 66% in 4 populations examined intensively, Serovar <jats:italic>balcanica<\/jats:italic> was isolated from possums with <jats:italic>hardjo<\/jats:italic> antibodies from two different areas. Of 20 wombats (<jats:italic>Vombatus ursinus<\/jats:italic>) examined in Victoria, antibodies to <jats:italic>hardjo<\/jats:italic> were found in sera from 4 and titres to Pyrogenes and Pomona serogroups were detected in another. <jats:italic>Hardjo<\/jats:italic> antibodies were demonstrated in sera from 13 of 19 rusa deer (<jats:italic>Cervus timorensis<\/jats:italic>). Negative MA test results to <jats:italic>hardjo<\/jats:italic> antigens were recorded in 55 mountain possums (<jats:italic>T. caninus<\/jats:italic>), 63 macropods (<jats:italic>Macropus<\/jats:italic> spp.), 17 water rats (<jats:italic>Hydromys chrysogaster<\/jats:italic>), 39 fallow dew (<jats:italic>Dama dama<\/jats:italic>), 2 hog deer (<jats:italic>Axis porcinus<\/jats:italic>) and 2 water buffalo (<jats:italic>Bubalus bubalus<\/jats:italic>). No MA antibodies to any of 16 leptospiral serogroups were detected in 17 water rats tested. Kidneys were examined from 330 of those animals and focal interstitial nephritis suggestive of leptospirosis was found in kidneys of 63 of 169 <jats:italic>T. vulpecula<\/jats:italic>, 3 of 55 <jats:italic>T. caninus<\/jats:italic>, 12 of 18 <jats:italic>V. ursinus<\/jats:italic>, 6 of 22 <jats:italic>Macropus<\/jats:italic> spp., 9 of 16 <jats:italic>H. chrysogaster<\/jats:italic>, 5 of 11 <jats:italic>C. timorensis<\/jats:italic> and 3 of 39 <jats:italic>D. dama<\/jats:italic>. A statistical association between focal interstitial nephritis and MA antibodies to <jats:italic>hardjo<\/jats:italic> was found in <jats:italic>T. vulpecula<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/icb.1979.19","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,11,27]],"date-time":"2007-11-27T10:04:39Z","timestamp":1196157879000},"page":"177-189","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY OF AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE FOR ANTIBODIES TO LEPTOSPIRES OF THE HEBDOMADIS SEROGROUP"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Philip T","family":"Durfee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre Werribee Victoria Australia 3030"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul JA","family":"Presidente","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre Werribee Victoria Australia 3030"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1979,4]]},"container-title":["Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1038%2Ficb.1979.19","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/icb197919","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/icb197919.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1038\/icb.1979.19","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"},{"URL":"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/icb197919.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,29]],"date-time":"2023-09-29T22:31:04Z","timestamp":1696026664000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1038\/icb.1979.19"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1979,4]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1979,4]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1038\/icb.1979.19"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/icb.1979.19","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0818-9641"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0818-9641","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1979,4]]}}}