Leptospirosis in wild and domestic carnivores in natural areas in Andalusia, Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-554

  Millán, Javier ^a,d   Candela, Mónica G ^b   López Bao, José Vicente ^a   Pereira, Marian ^a   Jiménez, María Ángeles ^c   León Vizcaíno, Luis ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Fundació Natura Parc ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Carnivora; Leptospirosis; Spirochaeta; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARNIVORE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; URINALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LUTRA LUTRA; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MELES MELES; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 70350340352     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0081     Document Type: Article

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