Patterns in Leptospira shedding in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Brazilian slum communities at high risk of disease transmission

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Costa, Federico ^a,b,d   Wunder, Elsio A ^c   de Oliveira, Daiana ^a   Bisht, Vimla ^c   Rodrigues, Gorete ^e   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a,c   Ko, Albert I ^c   Begon, Mike ^d   Childs, James E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BRAZIL; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; URINE; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BRAZIL; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RATS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; URINE;

EID: 84934779616     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003819     Document Type: Article

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