Leptospira and Bats: Story of an Emerging Friendship

A growing number of recent studies have highlighted bats as a reservoir for Leptospira bacteria, pointing out the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world [1]. Because leptospirosis is a largely neglected disease, a number of unan-swered questio...

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Published in:	PLoS pathogens Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e1005176
Main Authors:	Dietrich, Muriel, Mühldorfer, Kristin, Tortosa, Pablo, Markotter, Wanda
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animals Bacteria Bacteriology Bats Care and treatment Chiroptera - immunology Chiroptera - microbiology Complications and side effects Disease Reservoirs - microbiology Ecology Ecology, environment Epidemiology Funding Gram-negative bacteria Health Humans Infections Leptospira - isolation & purification Leptospira - pathogenicity Leptospirosis Leptospirosis - microbiology Life Sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Microscope and microscopy Mortality Pathogens Pearls Physiological aspects Public health Risk Rodents Studies Symbiosis Urine Virology Zoonoses bats leptospira
ISSN:	1553-7374, 1553-7366, 1553-7374
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