Didelphis marsupialis (Common Opossum): A potential reservoir host for zoonotic leishmaniasis in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Schallig, Henk D F H ^a   Da Silva, Eduardo S ^b,c   Van Der Meide, Wendy F ^a   Schoone, Gerard J ^a   Gontijo, Celia M F ^b  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis marsupialis; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania chagasi; Zoonotic leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DIDELPHIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 35148882925     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0651     Document Type: Article

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