Seroprevalence of leptospira borgpetersenii serovar javanica infection among dairy cattle, rats and humans in the cauvery river valley of southern India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 679-686

  Natarajaseenivasan, Kalimuthusamy ^a,b   Vedhagiri, Kumaresan ^a   Sivabalan, Vadivel ^a   Prabagaran, Shanmugarajan G ^a   Sukumar, Sethurajan ^c   Artiushin, Sergey C ^b   Timoney, John F ^b  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Government of Tamilnadu   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle; Humans; Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar javanica; Leptospirosis seroprevalence; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961092133     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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