Carrier status of leptospirosis among cattle in Sri Lanka: A zoonotic threat to public health

• Main Authors: Gamage, C. D., Koizumi, N., Perera, A. K. C., Muto, M., Nwafor-Okoli, C., Ranasinghe, S., Kularatne, S. A. M., Rajapakse, R. P. V.J., Kanda, Koji, Lee, Romeo B., Obayashi, Y., Ohnishi, M., Tamashiro, Hiko
• 格式: text
• 出版: Animo Repository 2014
• 主題: Leptospirosis > Sri Lanka; Carrier state (Communicable diseases) > Sri Lanka; Zoonoses > Sri Lanka; Animals as carriers of disease; Cattle—Sri Lanka; Public health > Sri Lanka
• 在線閱讀: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2526
• 機構: De La Salle University

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of global importance and one of the notifiable diseases in Sri Lanka. Recent studies on human leptospirosis have suggested that the cattle could be one of the important reservoirs for human infection in the country. However, there is a dearth of local information...