Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in captive collared peccaries, Peru [10]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 793-794

  Mendoza, Patricia ^a,e   Mayor, Pedro ^b   Gálvez, Hugo A ^a   Céspedes, Manuel J ^c   Jori, Ferran ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247853344     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.060027     Document Type: Letter

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