Evidence of Leptospiral Presence in the Cumberland Gap Region.

BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic disease that causes reproductive losses and/or hepatorenal failure in a number of animal species. Wild reservoirs of the disease, such as rodents, harbor the causative bacterium, Leptospira spp., in their kidneys and contaminate the environment by ex...

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Main Authors: Ashutosh Verma, Brittney Beigel, Christopher Carl Smola, Susanna Kitts-Morgan, Daniel Kish, Paul Nader, Joey Morgan, Jerry Roberson, Undine Christmann, Karen Gruszynski, LaRoy Brandt, Ellen Cho, Kelly Murphy, Ryan Goss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007990