Distribution of Leptospira interrogans by Multispacer Sequence Typing in Urban Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus): A Survey in France in 2011-2013

Ayral, Florence; Zilber, Anne-Laure; Bicout, Dominique; Kodjo, Angéli; Artois, Marc; Djelouadji, Zoheira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139604

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Distribution of Leptospira interrogans by Multispacer Sequence Typing in Urban Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus): A Survey in France in 2011-2013

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 8, 2015

Authors:

Florence Ayral

Anne-Laure Zilber

Dominique Bicout

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Urban leptospirosis has increasingly been reported in both developing and developed countries. The control of the disease is limited because our understanding of basic aspects of the epidemiology, including the transmission routes of leptospires among rat populations, remains incomplete....

Subject

Leptospira

Leptospira interrogans

Leptospirosis

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