PathologyFrontiers in Marine SciencePeer-reviewed
Fatal Leptospirosis in Southern Sea Otters from Central California: Pathologic Findings and Detection of Leptospira interrogans
Margaret E. Martinez, Pádraig J. Duignan, Katherine C. Prager…·Melissa Miller
This study investigates leptospirosis in southern sea otters, finding that 74% tested positive for Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona, with 70% of positive cases linked to fatal outcomes.
DOI 10.3389/fmars.2026.1784055