Distinct Leishmania species infecting wild caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from Brazil.

• Hlavní autoři: Renata Cássia-Pires (Autor), Mariana C Boité (Autor), Paulo S D'Andrea (Autor), Heitor M Herrera (Autor), Elisa Cupolillo (Autor), Ana Maria Jansen (Autor), André Luiz R Roque (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Caviomorph rodents, some of the oldest Leishmania spp. hosts, are widely dispersed in Brazil. Despite both experimental and field studies having suggested that these rodents are potential reservoirs of Leishmania parasites, not more than 88 specimens were analyzed in the few studies of natural infec...