Identification of Leptospira and Bartonella among rodents collected across a habitat disturbance gradient along the Inter-Oceanic Highway in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru.
Valerie CortezEnrique CanalJ Catherine Dupont-TurkowskyTatiana QuevedoChristian AlbujarTi-Cheng ChangGabriela Salmon-MulanovichMaria C Guezala-VillavicencioMark P SimonsElisa MargolisStacey Schultz-CherryVíctor PachecoDaniel G BauschPublished in: PloS one (2018)
These data indicate the need for increased awareness of rodent-borne disease and the potential for environmental spread along the communities in areas undergoing significant land-use change.