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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Lee, Michael J. ; Byers, Kaylee A. ; Donovan, Christina M. ; Bidulka, Julie J. ; Stephen, Craig ; ... More +
Lee, Michael J. ; Byers, Kaylee A. ; Donovan, Christina M. ; Bidulka, Julie J. ; Stephen, Craig ; Patrick, David M. ; Himsworth, Chelsea G. Less -
Description:
We found that lethal, urban rat control is associated with a significant increase in the odds that surviving rats carry Leptospira interrogans. Our results suggest that human interventions have the potential to affect and even increase the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens within rat populations.
Subject:
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Animal Culling
Animals
Carrier State
Dispatch
Leptospira Interrogans/isolation & Purification
Leptospirosis
Rats
Rodent Diseases/microbiology
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):356-360.
Pubmed ID:
29350160
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5782904
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
British Columbia, Canada
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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