Estimates of Leptospira shedding loads in urine from 82 Norway rats based on properties of the demographic structure of the rat population from Salvador, Brazil.

1 Number of rats in each mass/age class (NR.)
2Leptospira prevalence in kidney (PREV: Table 1).
3 Volume (ml) of urine shed per 24 hours (VOL) as described by Donaldson [43].
4 Genomic equivalents of Leptospira per ml (LOAD: Table 1).
5 Based on density of rats (DENS) captured around households.
Estimates of Leptospira shedding loads in urine from 82 Norway rats based on properties of the demographic structure of the rat population from Salvador, Brazil.