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01-06-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Are Reptiles Reservoirs of Leptospirosis? A Brief Discussion Based on Serological Studies

Author: Felipe Fornazari

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 2/2017

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Recently, a paper in EcoHealth by Pérez-Flores et al. (2017) on the risk of human leptospirosis from Mexican crocodiles caught my attention because it involves an interesting and poorly studied subject: the role of reptiles as reservoirs of leptospirosis and their risks for public health. My goal here is not to disagree with the authors’ statements, but to contribute to the discussion on this topic and consider other publications that have presented similar results. This brief contribution focuses mainly on the importance of the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) to predict the reservoir status of reptiles. …

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Title: Are Reptiles Reservoirs of Leptospirosis? A Brief Discussion Based on Serological Studies
Author: Felipe Fornazari
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: EcoHealth / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1243-z

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