Assessment of animal hosts of pathogenic Leptospira in northern Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Kathryn J Allan (Author), Jo E B Halliday (Author), Mark Moseley (Author), Ryan W Carter (Author), Ahmed Ahmed (Author), Marga G A Goris (Author), Rudy A Hartskeerl (Author), Julius Keyyu (Author), Tito Kibona (Author), Venance P Maro (Author), Michael J Maze (Author), Blandina T Mmbaga (Author), Rigobert Tarimo (Author), John A Crump (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...