Assessment of animal hosts of pathogenic Leptospira in northern Tanzania.

• Principais autores: Kathryn J Allan (Autor), Jo E B Halliday (Autor), Mark Moseley (Autor), Ryan W Carter (Autor), Ahmed Ahmed (Autor), Marga G A Goris (Autor), Rudy A Hartskeerl (Autor), Julius Keyyu (Autor), Tito Kibona (Autor), Venance P Maro (Autor), Michael J Maze (Autor), Blandina T Mmbaga (Autor), Rigobert Tarimo (Autor), John A Crump (Autor), Sarah Cleaveland (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease that affects more than one million people worldwide each year. Human infection is acquired through direct or indirect contact with the urine of an infected animal. A wide range of animals including rodents and livestock may shed Leptospira bacteria and a...