Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species

ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the black rat, Rattus rattus , in major Brazilian cities has increased in the recent years. To evaluate if the efforts of public rodent control have been reaching the species in the city of São Paulo, a survey was conducted in flooding areas using live trapping before and...

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Main Authors: Lilian dos Santos Babolin, Maria Jeovânia Freire de Almeida-Silva, Marcos Roberto Potenza, Claudia Del Fava, Vanessa Castro, Ricardo Harakava, Liria Hiromi Okuda, Marcia Maria Rebouças, Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Biológico 2016-05-01
Series:Arquivos do Instituto Biológico
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572016000100208&lng=en&tlng=en