An outbreak of severe leptospirosis in capuchin (Cebus) monkeys

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-239

  Szonyi, Barbara ^a   Agudelo Flórez, Piedad ^b   Ramírez, Marcela ^b   Moreno, Natali ^b   Ko, Albert I ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Cebus; Leptospirosis; Outbreak; Rat

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

CEBUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953796925     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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