What is the role of small rodents in the transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae)? A study case in the Brazilian Pantanal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Rademaker, V ^a,b   Herrera, H M ^b,c   Raffel, T R ^a   D'Andrea, P S ^b   Freitas, T P T ^b   Abreu, U G P ^c   Hudson, P J ^a   Jansen, A M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hematology; Pantanal; Rodent; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma evansi; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; PARAMETERIZATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; PARASITEMIA; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

BRAZIL; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLYOMYS LATICEPS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; OECOMYS MAMORAE; RODENTIA; THRICHOMYS PACHYURUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 67349132211     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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