SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR SURVEY OF Leptospira spp. AMONG CART HORSES FROM AN ENDEMIC AREA OF HUMAN LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CURITIBA, SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Introduction: Cart horses are a re-emerging population employed to carry recyclable material in cities. Methods: Sixty-two horses were sampled in an endemic area of human leptospirosis. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) were performed. Results: A...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Mariane Angélica Finger, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho, Christian Leutenegger, Marko Estrada, Leila Sabrina Ullmann, Hélio Langoni, Mariana Kikuti, Peterson Triches Dornbush, Ivan Deconto, Alexander Welker Biondo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2014-12-01
Subjects:	Leptospira spp. MAT qPCR Horses
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652014000600473&lng=en&tlng=en