Nectomys squamipes as maintenance hosts of pathogenic leptospires in Paranaíba’s River Valley, Goiás and Minas Gerais states, Brazil

Leptospirosis is a disease that occurs more frequently in regions of tropical climate, which favor the survival of the bacteria in the environment. Nectomys squamipes is a wild rodent of semiaquatic behavior, which favors its contact with leptospires.