Monitoring of leptospirosis seroprevalence in a colony of captive collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) from the Peruvian Amazon

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Jori, Ferran ^a   Galvez, Hugo ^b   Mendoza, Patricia ^b   Cespedes, Manuel ^c   Mayor, Pedro ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bushmeat; Leptospirosis; Seroprevalence; Tayassu tajacu; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERD; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA LICERASIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTIODACTYLA; CLIMATE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEAT; PERU; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN POPULATION;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PECARI TAJACU;

EID: 64449084301     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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