Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Himsworth, Chelsea G ^a,b   Bidulka, Julie ^b   Parsons, Kirbee L ^a   Feng, Alice Y T ^a   Tang, Patrick ^a,c   Jardine, Claire M ^d   Kerr, Thomas ^a,e   Mak, Sunny ^c   Robinson, John ^b   Patrick, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BITE WOUND; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAT; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84879514291     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002270     Document Type: Article

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