Influence of Household Rat Infestation on Leptospira Transmission in the Urban Slum Environment

BACKGROUND: The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the principal reservoir for leptospirosis in many urban settings. Few studies have identified markers for rat infestation in slum environments while none have evaluated the association between household rat infestation and Leptospira infection in hum...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Costa, Federico, Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Felzemburgh, Ridalva D. M., Santos, Norlan, Reis, Renato Barbosa, Santos, Andreia C., Fraga, Deborah Bittencourt Mothe, Araujo, Wildo N., Santana, Carlos, Childs, James E., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256176/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25474580
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003338
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