The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms.

• Main Authors: Kathryn M Benavidez (Author), Trina Guerra (Author), Madison Torres (Author), David Rodriguez (Author), Joseph A Veech (Author), Dittmar Hahn (Author), Robert J Miller (Author), Fred V Soltero (Author), Alejandro E Pérez Ramírez (Author), Adalberto Perez de León (Author), Iván Castro-Arellano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, is thought to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. A first step in preventing the spread of Leptospira is delineating the animal reservoirs that maintain and disperse the bacteria. Quantitative...