Background The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the principal reservoir for leptospirosis in
many urban settings. Few studies have identified markers for rat infestation in slum …

Background Leptospirosis has emerged as an urban health problem as slum settlements
have rapidly spread worldwide and created conditions for rat-borne transmission …

Background Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonotic disease, is the cause of epidemics
associated with high mortality in urban slum communities. Infection with pathogenic …

Rodents are well-recognized reservoirs of Leptospira, contributing to its maintenance in
endemic areas and playing a role in the public health risk associated with the infection. This …

Background Leptospirosis has become an urban health problem as slum settlements have
expanded worldwide. Efforts to identify interventions for urban leptospirosis have been …

Background Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum
settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in elucidating …

Background We address some critical but unknown parameters of individuals and
populations of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) that influence leptospiral infection …

Infectious diseases frequently have multiple potential routes of intraspecific transmission of
pathogens within wildlife and other populations. For pathogens causing zoonotic diseases …

A survey was conducted to identify reservoirs for urban leptospirosis in the city of Salvador,
Brazil. Sampling protocols were performed in the vicinity of households of severe …

Residents of urban slums suffer from a high burden of zoonotic diseases due to individual,
socioeconomic, and environmental factors. We conducted a cross-sectional sero-survey in …