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Human Leptospirosis on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean: Are Rodents the (Only) Ones to Blame?
BACKGROUND: Although leptospirosis is a zoonosis of major concern on tropical islands, the molecular epidemiology of the disease aiming at linking human cases to specific animal reservoirs has been rarely explored within these peculiar ecosystems. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Five species of wild...
Autores principales: | Guernier, Vanina, Lagadec, Erwan, Cordonin, Colette, Le Minter, Gildas, Gomard, Yann, Pagès, Frédéric, Jaffar-Bandjee, Marie-Christine, Michault, Alain, Tortosa, Pablo, Dellagi, Koussay |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004733 |
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