Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi among captive Neotropical primates in a Brazilian zoo

BACKGROUND: Neotropical primates are important sylvatic hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Infection is often subclinical, but severe disease has been described in both free-ranging and captive primates. Panstrongylus megistus, a major T. cruzi vector, was found inf...

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Autores principales: Minuzzi-Souza, Thaís Tâmara Castro, Nitz, Nadjar, Knox, Monique Britto, Reis, Filipe, Hagström, Luciana, Cuba Cuba, César A., Hecht, Mariana Machado, Gurgel-Gonçalves, Rodrigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1334-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1334-7

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