Leptospira interrogans at the human-wildlife interface in Northern Botswana: A newly identified public health threat

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-123

  Jobbins, S E ^a,b   Sanderson, C E ^a,b   Alexander, K A ^a,b  

^a Center for African Resources: Animals Communities and Land use (CARACAL)   (Botswana)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Banded mongoose; Botswana; Bushmeat; Leptospirosis; Public health; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BANDED MONGOOSE; BOTSWANA; BUSHMEAT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOTIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTSWANA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HERPESTIDAE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893819636     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12052     Document Type: Article

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