High prevalence of Leptospira spp. in sewer rats (Rattus norvegicus)
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Low prevalence of human enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Flanders
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268809002647