Identification of cattle, buffaloes and rodents as reservoir animals of Leptospira in the District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important emerging infectious disease in Sri Lanka. Rats are the most important reservoir of Leptospira but domestic and wild mammals may also act as important maintenance or accidental hosts. In Sri Lanka, knowledge of reservoir animals of leptospires is poor. The ob...

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Autores principales: Denipitiya, D. T. H., Chandrasekharan, N. V., Abeyewickreme, W., Hartskeerl, R. A., Hapugoda, M. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2457-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2457-4

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