Natural infection of Didelphis aurita (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with Leishmania infantum in Brazil

BACKGROUND: The opossum Didelphis have been considered as natural hosts of Leishmania parasites in the New World, suggesting an important role in the epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL). Among six extant species that belong to the genus Didelphis, only two (D. marsupialis and D. albiventris)...

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Autores principales: Carreira, João Carlos Araujo, da Silva, Alba Valéria Machado, de Pita Pereira, Daniela, Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22676324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-111

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22676324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-111

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