Prevalence of Trypanosoma lewisi in Rattus norvegicus from Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 411-414

  Linardi, Pedro Marcos ^a   Botelho, José Ramiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood trypomastigotes; Brazil; Infection rates; Minas Gerais; Rattus norvegicus; Seasonal periods; Sex age host; Trypanosoma lewisi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0036548838     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300024     Document Type: Article

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