Community perceptions of health and rodent-borne diseases along the Inter-Oceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru

• Glavni autori: Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich (Autor), Amy R. Powell (Autor), Stella M. Hartinger-Peña (Autor), Lara Schwarz (Autor), Daniel G. Bausch (Autor), Valerie A. Paz-Soldán (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background Madre de Dios is located in the southeastern Amazonian region of Peru. Rodents have been estimated to be the reservoirs for up to 50 % of emerging zoonotic pathogens, including a host of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. As part of a larger study involving both human and animal r...