Trypanosoma cruzi in the anal flands of urban opossums. I-isolation and experimental infections

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-403

  Urdaneta Morales, S ^a   Nironi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anal glands; Didelphis marsupialis; Opossum; Trypanosoma cruzi; Urban American trypanosomiasis; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN POPULATION; VENEZUELA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFECTION; MICE; OPOSSUMS; SCENT GLANDS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN POPULATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030179213     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000400002     Document Type: Article

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