Leptospiruria with persistent microscopic agglutinating antibody titers were maintained in gerbils that became carriers following experimental infection with Leptospira grippotyphosa, strain F 4397. Leptospires were isolated from kidneys of a gerbil which died 28 months after experimental inoculation.

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Supported by University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Hatch Project 70-302.