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Seeking the environmental source of Leptospirosis reveals durable bacterial viability in river soils

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important re-emerging infectious disease that affects humans worldwide. Infection occurs from indirect environment-mediated exposure to pathogenic leptospires through contaminated watered environments. The ability of pathogenic leptospires to persist in the aqueous en...

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Autores principales: Thibeaux, Roman, Geroult, Sophie, Benezech, Claire, Chabaud, Stéphane, Soupé-Gilbert, Marie-Estelle, Girault, Dominique, Bierque, Emilie, Goarant, Cyrille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005414