Leptospira

Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 527-547

  Adler, B ^a   De La Pena Moctezuma A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dogs source of infection; Leptospira; Leptospiral cultures maintained by repeated subculture; Leptospirosis systemic disease of humans and domestic animals; Renal carrier state important factor in persistence and epidemiology of leptospirosis; Rhinoceroses, wild carnivores, peccaries, marine mammals, opossums, deer, raccoons reservoirs of pathogenic leptospires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871587630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958209.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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