Comparison of Mucosal, Subcutaneous and Intraperitoneal Routes of Rat Leptospira Infection.

• Main Authors: Anne-Laure Zilber (Author), Patrick Belli (Author), Delphine Grezel (Author), Marc Artois (Author), Angeli Kodjo (Author), Zoheira Djelouadji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis is a zoonosis found worldwide that is caused by a spirochete. The main reservoirs of Leptospira, which presents an asymptomatic infection, are wild rodents, including the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Experimental studies of the mechanisms of its renal colonization in rats have previo...