Cockroaches have existed for 300 million years and more than 4600 extant species have
been described. Throughout their evolution, cockroaches have been associated with …

Introduction: The role of cockroaches in the cause of disease or human infections is not
immediately obvious. The present study aimed to review the currently available research on …

Background Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira for
which rats are considered as the main reservoir. Disease incidence is higher in tropical …

Leptospirosis, an environmental infectious disease of bacterial origin, is the infectious
disease with the highest associated mortality in Seychelles. In small island territories, the …

Objetivo. Reportar la infección con Leptospira en ríñones de murciélagos de Campeche y
Yucatán, México, a través de la amplificación por PCR de dos fragmentos distintos del gen …

The natural exposure of domestic cats to Leptospira spp. and some associated risk factors
were studied in a large city from tropical Mexico. Two hundred and sixty blood samples were …

Leptospirosis is a disease endemic to both rural and urban areas of tropical countries and
resource-poor communities. Little information is available on the presence of Leptospira …

Se presenta un listado revisado y actualizado de las especies de cucarachas (Insecta,
Dyctioptera, Blattodea) registradas para Venezuela. Hasta el presente se conocen 115 …

Objective. To report the infection with Leptospira in the kidneys of bats from Campeche and
Yucatán, Mexico, through the amplification by PCR of two different 16S RNA ribosomal gene …

In the hindguts of termites and wood‐eating cockroaches, spirochetes are common
inhabitants that occur free in the gut fluid and attached to the surfaces of protozoa. These …