Effects of habitat fragmentation on wild mammal infection by Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1785-1793

  Vaz, V C ^a   D'Andrea, P S ^a   Jansen, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Habitat fragmentation; Multi host parasite; Small mammals; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TREES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34948886132     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200700323X     Document Type: Article

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