Rodents and Leptospira transmission risk in Terceira island (Azores)
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 16 (12) , 1151-1157
Abstract
The role of rodents as Leptospirarenal carriers in Terceira island was evaluated (1993–1995) through kidney culture and serology [microscopic aglutination test (MAT)] of 94 mice and rats. Fifty-nine...Keywords
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