Human Leptospirosis Caused by a New, Antigenically Unique Leptospira Associated with a Rattus Species Reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

As part of a prospective study of leptospirosis and biodiversity of Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon, a new Leptospira species was isolated from humans with acute febrile illness. Field trapping identified this leptospire in peridomestic rats (Rattus norvegicus, six isolates; R. rattus, two isolate...

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Autores principales: Matthias, Michael A., Ricaldi, Jessica N., Cespedes, Manuel, Diaz, M. Monica, Galloway, Renee L., Saito, Mayuko, Steigerwalt, Arnold G., Patra, Kailash P., Ore, Carlos Vidal, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Gilman, Robert H., Levett, Paul N., Vinetz, Joseph M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18382606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000213

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18382606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000213

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