High levels of infectiousness of asymptomatic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents highlights their importance in the epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Brazil.

• Main Authors: José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior (Author), Juliana F C L S Monteiro (Author), Ana Waléria Sales de Carvalho (Author), Francisco Gomes de Carvalho (Author), Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti (Author), Jeffrey Shaw (Author), Orin Courtenay (Author), Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The epidemiological significance of wildlife infections with aetiological agents causing human infectious diseases is largely determined by their infection status, contact potential with humans (via vectors for vector-borne diseases), and their infectiousness to mainta...