Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain
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Galan Puchades, Maria Teresa; Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes; Suarez Moran, Jose Maria; Osuna, Antonio; Sanxis Furio, Joan; Pascual, Jordi; Bueno Marí, Rubén; Franco, Sandra; Peracho, Victor; Montalvo, Tomas; Fuentes, Marius VEditorial
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Materia
Leishmania infantum Rattus norvegicus Barcelona Spain sewer system reservoir
Date
2019-06-06Referencia bibliográfica
Galán-Puchades MT, Gómez-Samblás M, Suárez-Morán JM, Osuna A, Sanxis-Furió J, Pascual J, Bueno-Marí R, Franco S, Peracho V, Montalvo T, Fuentes MV. Leishmaniasis in Norway Rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jun;25(6):1222-1224. doi: 10.3201/eid2506.181027. PMID: 31107216; PMCID: PMC6537722.
Patrocinador
Universitat de València, Burjassot-Valencia, Spain; Departamento de parasitología. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Laboratorios Lokímica, Catarroja-Valencia, Spain; Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health, Barcelona, SpainRésumé
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.