Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain

We detected Leishmania infantum in 98 Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in parks and sewers of Barcelona, Spain. The 84 rats from the sewers showed a prevalence of 33.3% and up to 2,272 estimated parasites. These results, in the most abundant potential reservoir in cities, is of public health...

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Autores principales: Galán-Puchades, Maria Teresa, Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes, Suárez-Morán, Jose M., Osuna, Antonio, Sanxis-Furió, Joan, Pascual, Jordi, Bueno-Marí, Rubén, Franco, Sandra, Peracho, Víctor, Montalvo, Tomás, Fuentes, Màrius V.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181027
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author Galán-Puchades, Maria Teresa
Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes
Suárez-Morán, Jose M.
Osuna, Antonio
Sanxis-Furió, Joan
Pascual, Jordi
Bueno-Marí, Rubén
Franco, Sandra
Peracho, Víctor
Montalvo, Tomás
Fuentes, Màrius V.
author_facet Galán-Puchades, Maria Teresa
Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes
Suárez-Morán, Jose M.
Osuna, Antonio
Sanxis-Furió, Joan
Pascual, Jordi
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Franco, Sandra
Peracho, Víctor
Montalvo, Tomás
Fuentes, Màrius V.
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description We detected Leishmania infantum in 98 Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in parks and sewers of Barcelona, Spain. The 84 rats from the sewers showed a prevalence of 33.3% and up to 2,272 estimated parasites. These results, in the most abundant potential reservoir in cities, is of public health concern.
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spelling pubmed-65377222019-06-05 Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain Galán-Puchades, Maria Teresa Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes Suárez-Morán, Jose M. Osuna, Antonio Sanxis-Furió, Joan Pascual, Jordi Bueno-Marí, Rubén Franco, Sandra Peracho, Víctor Montalvo, Tomás Fuentes, Màrius V. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We detected Leishmania infantum in 98 Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in parks and sewers of Barcelona, Spain. The 84 rats from the sewers showed a prevalence of 33.3% and up to 2,272 estimated parasites. These results, in the most abundant potential reservoir in cities, is of public health concern. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6537722/ /pubmed/31107216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181027 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Galán-Puchades, Maria Teresa
Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes
Suárez-Morán, Jose M.
Osuna, Antonio
Sanxis-Furió, Joan
Pascual, Jordi
Bueno-Marí, Rubén
Franco, Sandra
Peracho, Víctor
Montalvo, Tomás
Fuentes, Màrius V.
Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title_full Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title_fullStr Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title_short Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
title_sort leishmaniasis in norway rats in sewers, barcelona, spain
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181027
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