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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25474580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003338

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4256176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25474580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003338

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