Prevalence of haemoparasites, leptospires and coccobacilli with potential for human infection in the blood of rodents and shrews from selected localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland

African Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-127

  Katakweba, Abdul A S ^a   Mulungu, Loth S ^a   Eiseb, Seth J ^b   Mahlaba, Themb'alilahlwa A ^c   Makundi, Rhodes H ^a   Massawe, Apia W ^a   Borremans, Benny ^d   Belmain, Steven R ^e  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; haemoparasites; leptospirosis; plague; rodents.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BLOOD; HEMOPARASITE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RODENT; SERUM;

NAMIBIA; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA SP.; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEUCOGASTER; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84864261030     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.047.0112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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