Molecular detection of Leptospira spp. in rats as early spatial predictor for human disease in an endemic urban area

• Maysa Pellizzaro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maysa.pellizzaro@gmail.com (MP); hlangoni@fmvz.unesp.br (HL)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Sao Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-6246

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• Camila Marinelli Martins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Nursing and Public Health, Ponta Grossa State University, Paraná, Brazil, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana Carolina Yamakawa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Diogo da Cunha Ferraz,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoonoses Surveillance Unit, City of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Vivien Midori Morikawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Zoonoses Surveillance Unit, City of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Department of Community Health, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Fernando Ferreira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Andrea Pires dos Santos,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Alexander Welker Biondo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Helio Langoni

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maysa.pellizzaro@gmail.com (MP); hlangoni@fmvz.unesp.br (HL)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Sao Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil

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