Fatal Infection in a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with Leptospira interrogans Related to the Australis Serogroup in France

Thenon, Nathan; Le Guyader, Marine; Decors, Anouk; Degrange, Bruno; Lemberger, Karin; Ayral, Florence; Le Net, Rozenn

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Fatal Infection in a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with Leptospira interrogans Related to the Australis Serogroup in France

Nathan Thenon;

Nathan Thenon ⁹

¹Pôle EVAAS, VetAgro Sup, 1 avenue Bourgelat, Marcy L’Etoile 69280, France

⁷These authors contributed equally to this study as first authors

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Marine Le Guyader;

Marine Le Guyader

²VetAgro Sup Analysis Centre, VetAgro Sup, 1 avenue Bourgelat, Marcy L’Etoile 69280, France

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Anouk Decors;

Anouk Decors

³French Biodiversity Agency, 9 avenue Buffon, Orléans 45100, France

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Bruno Degrange;

Bruno Degrange

⁴Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs du Rhône et de la Métropole de Lyon, 1 allée du Levant, La Tour-de-Salvagny 69890, France

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Karin Lemberger;

Karin Lemberger

⁵Vet Diagnostics, 3 avenue de la Victoire, Charbonnières-les-Bains 69260, France

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Florence Ayral;

Florence Ayral

²VetAgro Sup Analysis Centre, VetAgro Sup, 1 avenue Bourgelat, Marcy L’Etoile 69280, France

⁶USC1233 RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, Marcy L’Etoile 69280, France

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Rozenn Le Net

¹Pôle EVAAS, VetAgro Sup, 1 avenue Bourgelat, Marcy L’Etoile 69280, France

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J Wildl Dis (2025)

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We necropsied a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with gross and histologic lesions suggestive of leptospirosis, with intralesional argyrophilic bacteria. Real-time PCR detected Leptospira spp. in multiple organs. We identified Leptospira interrogans related to the Australis serogroup by typing the 16S rRNA and Lfb1 genes and by multilocus sequence typing.

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