Human leptospirosis caused by a new, antigenically unique Leptospira associated with a Rattus species reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Hoofdauteurs: Michael A Matthias (Auteur), Jessica N Ricaldi (Auteur), Manuel Cespedes (Auteur), M Monica Diaz (Auteur), Renee L Galloway (Auteur), Mayuko Saito (Auteur), Arnold G Steigerwalt (Auteur), Kailash P Patra (Auteur), Carlos Vidal Ore (Auteur), Eduardo Gotuzzo (Auteur), Robert H Gilman (Auteur), Paul N Levett (Auteur), Joseph M Vinetz (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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As part of a prospective study of leptospirosis and biodiversity of Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon, a new Leptospira species was isolated from humans with acute febrile illness. Field trapping identified this leptospire in peridomestic rats (Rattus norvegicus, six isolates; R. rattus, two isolate...