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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Renata Cássia-Pires (Συγγραφέας), Mariana C Boité (Συγγραφέας), Paulo S D'Andrea (Συγγραφέας), Heitor M Herrera (Συγγραφέας), Elisa Cupolillo (Συγγραφέας), Ana Maria Jansen (Συγγραφέας), André Luiz R Roque (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: 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...