Patterns in Leptospira Shedding in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Brazilian Slum Communities at High Risk of Disease Transmission.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Federico Costa (مؤلف), Elsio A Wunder (مؤلف), Daiana De Oliveira (مؤلف), Vimla Bisht (مؤلف), Gorete Rodrigues (مؤلف), Mitermayer G Reis (مؤلف), Albert I Ko (مؤلف), Mike Begon (مؤلف), James E Childs (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:We address some critical but unknown parameters of individuals and populations of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) that influence leptospiral infection, maintenance and spirochetal loads shed in urine, which contaminates the environment ultimately leading to human infection. METHODOLOGY/PR...