@misc{10481/99650, year = {2019}, month = {6}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/99650}, 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.}, organization = {Universitat de València, Burjassot-Valencia, Spain}, organization = {Departamento de parasitología. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain}, organization = {Laboratorios Lokímica, Catarroja-Valencia, Spain}, organization = {Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain}, organization = {CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, Spain}, publisher = {Emerging Infectious Diseases}, keywords = {Leishmania infantum}, keywords = {Rattus norvegicus}, keywords = {Barcelona}, keywords = {Spain}, keywords = {sewer system}, keywords = {reservoir}, title = {Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain}, doi = {10.3201/eid2506.181027}, author = {Galan Puchades, Maria Teresa and Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes and Suarez Moran, Jose Maria and Osuna, Antonio and Sanxis Furio, Joan and Pascual, Jordi and Bueno Marí, Rubén and Franco, Sandra and Peracho, Victor and Montalvo, Tomas and Fuentes, Marius V}, }