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Among rats, 26% were positive by PCR, including 7% that were also positive by culture for <jats:italic>L. interrogans<\/jats:italic> serovars Grippotyphosa, Pyrogenes, and Icterohaemorrhagiae. <jats:italic>L. borpetersenii<\/jats:italic> serovar Polonica was isolated for the first time in Egypt in three rats. MAT titers \u2265 1:800 were observed in 11% of rats and 12% of dogs. <jats:italic>L. interrogans<\/jats:italic> serovar Grippotyphosa was detected in one cat. Sheep and donkeys were negative for leptospirosis by all methods. Buffaloes and cattle were seropositive in 20% and 44% of animals, respectively. 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