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

• Hauptverfasser: Renata Cássia-Pires (Verfasst von), Mariana C Boité (Verfasst von), Paulo S D'Andrea (Verfasst von), Heitor M Herrera (Verfasst von), Elisa Cupolillo (Verfasst von), Ana Maria Jansen (Verfasst von), André Luiz R Roque (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...