High Leptospira Diversity in Animals and Humans Complicates the Search for Common Reservoirs of Human Disease in Rural Ecuador

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease responsible for high morbidity around the world, especially in tropical and low income countries. Rats are thought to be the main vector of human leptospirosis in urban settings. However, differences between urban and low-income rural communities provi...

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Autores principales: Barragan, Veronica, Chiriboga, Jorge, Miller, Erin, Olivas, Sonora, Birdsell, Dawn, Hepp, Crystal, Hornstra, Heidie, Schupp, James M., Morales, Melba, Gonzalez, Manuel, Reyes, Soraya, de la Cruz, Carmen, Keim, Paul, Hartskeerl, Rudy, Trueba, Gabriel, Pearson, Talima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27622673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004990

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27622673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004990

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