Pathogenic Leptospira isolated from rodents in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, and associated site information

• Main Authors: Peterson, Anna, Blum, Michael, Ghersi, Bruno, Riegel, Claudia, Wunder, Elsio, Childs, James
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Mus musculus; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospira borgpetersenii; Leptospira kirschneri; counter-urbanization; Orleans
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4088883; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x95x69pgc

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