Meta-analysis to estimate the load of Leptospira excreted in urine: Beyond rats as important sources of transmission in low-income rural communities

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Barragan, Veronica ^a,b   Nieto, Nathan ^a   Keim, Paul ^a   Pearson, Talima ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Animal reservoirs; Leptospira; Transmission; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DEER; DOG; ECUADOR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; META ANALYSIS; MOUSE; POVERTY; RAT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; DOGS; ECUADOR; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; POVERTY; RATS; RURAL POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85010999477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2384-4     Document Type: Article

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