Animal leptospirosis in small tropical areas

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-188

  Desvars, A ^a,c   Cardinale, E ^a   Michault, A ^b  

^a Centre Regional de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes de l'Ocean Indien   (France)

^b Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion GHSR   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Animal; epidemiology; island; leptospirosis; serovar; tropical

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BARBADOS; BAT; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CHICKEN; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRENADA; GUADELOUPE; HORSE; HOST SELECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MARTINIQUE; MAYOTTE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REUNION; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79952241074     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002074     Document Type: Review

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