A cross-sectional investigation of Leptospira at the wildlife-livestock interface in New Zealand

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A cross-sectional investigation of Leptospira at the wildlife-livestock interface in New Zealand

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There has been a recent upsurge in human cases of leptospirosis in New Zealand, with wildlife a suspected emerging source, but up-to-date knowledge on this topic is lacking. We conducted a cross-sectional study in two farm environments to estimate Leptospira seroprevalence in wildlife and sympatric livestock, PCR/culture prevalence in wildlife, and compare seroprevalence and prevalence between species, sex, and age groups. Traps targeting house mice (Mus musculus), black rats (Rattus rattus),...

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Journal article

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2023-09

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Moinet, Marie / Oosterhof, Hedwich / Nisa, Shahista / Haack, Neville / Wilkinson, David A / Aberdein, Danielle / Russell, James C / Vallée, Emilie / Collins-Emerson, Julie / Heuer, Cord / Benschop, Jackie

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/67120

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Animals / Animals, Domestic / Animals, Wild / Cattle / Sheep / Dogs / Hedgehogs / Humans / Mice / Rats / Leptospira / Cross-Sectional Studies / Seroepidemiologic Studies / New Zealand / Livestock / 3109 Zoology / 31 Biological Sciences / Biotechnology / 2 Aetiology / 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Infectious Diseases / Parasitology / Tropical Medicine / RATTUS-RATTUS / RISK-FACTORS / DAIRY FARM / INFECTION / PATTERNS / EPIDEMIOLOGY / SENSITIVITY / PREVALENCE / WORKERS / 06 Biological Sciences / 11 Medical and Health Sciences / 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences / 42 Health sciences

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