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

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Renata Cássia-Pires (Author), Mariana C Boité (Author), Paulo S D'Andrea (Author), Heitor M Herrera (Author), Elisa Cupolillo (Author), Ana Maria Jansen (Author), André Luiz R Roque (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

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...