Sample used in the present study.

Within-city localities (“locality”), habitats (“habitat”) and rodent species (“species”) that were investigated for rodent-borne Leptospira using various molecular techniques (“technique”) are provided. “NGS”, “RT-PCR”, “sequencing” and “VNTR” stand for 16S metabarcoding, lipL32-centred RT-PCR, rrs gene sequencing and VNTR profile typing, respectively. Presence/absence of Leptospira (“Lepto”) is also indicated (i.e., “yes” or “no”, respectively). Numbers inside brackets correspond to rodent sample size.