Influence of household rat infestation on leptospira transmission in the urban slum environment.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Federico Costa, Guilherme S Ribeiro, Ridalva D M Felzemburgh, Norlan Santos, Renato Barbosa Reis, Andreia C Santos, Deborah Bittencourt Mothe Fraga, Wildo N Araujo, Carlos Santana, James E Childs, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Norway; Burrows
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003338; https://doaj.org/article/73c31c092bb84d13aa9f44a0a4d40ee8

Background The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the principal reservoir for leptospirosis in many urban settings. Few studies have identified markers for rat infestation in slum environments while none have evaluated the association between household rat infestation and Leptospira infection in huma...