Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil.

Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>The presence of synanthropic rodents, such as Rattus norvegicus, in urban environments generates high costs of prophylaxis and control, in large part due to the environmental transmission of the pathogenic spirochete Leptospira interrogans, which causes leptospirosis....

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Main Authors: Arsinoê Cristina Pertile, Ricardo Lustosa, Ticiana Carvalho-Pereira, Gabriel Ghizzi Pedra, Jesus Alonso Panti-May, Udimila Oliveira, Caio Graco Zeppelini, Fábio Neves Souza, Daiana S Oliveira, Hussein Khalil, Mitermayer G Reis, James Childs, Albert I Ko, Mike Begon, Federico Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270568

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