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.

• Hoofdauteurs: José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior (Auteur), Juliana F C L S Monteiro (Auteur), Ana Waléria Sales de Carvalho (Auteur), Francisco Gomes de Carvalho (Auteur), Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti (Auteur), Jeffrey Shaw (Auteur), Orin Courtenay (Auteur), Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...