Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain

Autor:	Maria Teresa Galán-Puchades, Mercedes Gómez-Samblás, Jose M. Suárez-Morán, Antonio Osuna, Joan Sanxis-Furió, Jordi Pascual, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Sandra Franco, Víctor Peracho, Tomás Montalvo, Màrius V. Fuentes
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Leishmania infantum Rattus norvegicus Barcelona Spain reservoir sewage system Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 6, Pp 1222-1224 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2506.181027
Popis:	We detected Leishmania infantum in 98 Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in parks and sewers of Barcelona, Spain. The 84 rats from the sewers showed a prevalence of 33.3% and up to 2,272 estimated parasites. These results, in the most abundant potential reservoir in cities, is of public health concern.
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