Infections by Leptospira interrogans, seoul virus, and bartonella spp. among norway rats (rattus norvegicus) from the Urban slum environment in Brazil

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-40

  Costa, Federico ^a,b   Porter, Fleur Helena ^b   Rodrigues, Gorete ^c   Farias, Helena ^c   De Faria, Marcus Tucunduva ^d   Wunder, Elsio A ^b   Osikowicz, Lynn M ^e   Kosoy, Michael Y ^e   Reis, Mitermayer Galvão ^a   Ko, Albert I ^b   Childs, James E ^f  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Controle de Zoonoses (CCZ)   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Brazil; Leptospira interrogans; Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus); Seoul virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RAIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEOUL VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES; URBAN AREA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASON; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; COINFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEOUL VIRUS; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84891677932     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1378     Document Type: Article

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