DIVERSITY OF BAT-ASSOCIATED LEPTOSPIRA IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON INFERRED BY BAYESIAN PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF 16S RIBOSOMAL DNA SEQUENCES

The role of bats as potential sources of transmission to humans or as maintenance hosts of leptospires is poorly understood. We quantified the prevalence of leptospiral colonization in bats in the Peruvian Amazon in the vicinity of Iquitos, an area of high biologic diversity. Of 589 analyzed bats, c...

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Main Authors: MATTHIAS, MICHAEL A., DÍAZ, M. MÓNICA, CAMPOS, KALINA J., CALDERON, MARITZA, WILLIG, MICHAEL R., PACHECO, VICTOR, GOTUZZO, EDUARDO, GILMAN, ROBERT H., VINETZ, JOSEPH M.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270400/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16282313
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