Artículo de revista
Renal carriage of Leptospira species in rodents from Mediterranean Chile: The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) as a relevant host in agricultural lands
Fecha
2017Registro en:
Acta Tropica 176 (2017) 105–108
10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.07.032
Autor
Correa, Juana P.
Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio
Cattan Ayala, Pedro
Landaeta Aqueveque, Carlos
Ramírez Estrada, Juan
Institución
Resumen
We evaluated the renal carriage of Leptospira species in rodent communities from Mediterranean Chile using a PCR technique. We found that animals inhabiting agricultural areas were almost three times more infected than in wild areas (14.4% vs. 4.4%). The Norwegian rat (Rattus norvegicus), an invasive murid ubiquitous in the country, was the most infected species (38.1%).