Molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira in synanthropic and wild rodents captured in Yucatán, México

Molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira in synanthropic and wild rodents captured in Yucatán, México

Introduction: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, which is endemic in México and considered a public and veterinary health problem. Rodents are the most relevant reservoirs of Leptospira spp. because the bacteria establish and reproduce in its renal tissue...

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Main Authors: Marco Torres-Castro, Bayron Cruz-Camargo, Rodrigo Medina-Pinto, Bibiana Reyes-Hernández, Carlos Moguel-Lehmer, Rolando Medina, José Ortiz-Esquivel, William Arcila-Fuentes, Armando López-Ávila, Henry No-Pech, Alonso Panti-May, Iván Rodríguez-Vivas, Fernando I. Puerto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018-08-01
Series:Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:
Leptospira spp.
roedores
enfermedades de los roedores
México
Online Access:https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3938

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