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Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(6): 1222-1224, 2019 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31107216
ABSTRACT
We detected Leishmania infantum in 98 Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in parks and sewers of Barcelona, Spain. The 84 rats from the sewers showed a prevalence of 33.3% and up to 2,272 estimated parasites. These results, in the most abundant potential reservoir in cities, is of public health concern.
