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.
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Galán-Puchades, M. T., Gómez-Samblás, M., Suárez-Morán, J. M., Osuna, A., Sanxis-Furió, J., Pascual, J., … Fuentes, M. V. (2019, June 1). Leishmaniasis in Norway rats in Sewers, Barcelona, Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181027
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