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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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