Human Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae infection (Weil's disease) acquired from pet rats

Autor: C. Fearnley, R. McNaught, P. M. Rhodes, J. Errington, C. M. Gaudie, J. S. Fenner, C. A. Featherstone, G. C. Pritchard, W. S. Phillips
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Veterinary Record. 163:599-600
ISSN: 0042-4900
DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.20.599
Popis: LEPTOSPIROSIS is an important zoonotic disease caused by a helical, motile bacterium belonging to the genus Leptospira . Leptospires are widespread among feral and domesticated mammals, which are the maintenance hosts for over 250 known serovars ([Higgins 2004][1]); each serovar has a preferred
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