Natural infection of Didelphis aurita (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with Leishmania infantum in Brazil

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carreira, João Carlos Araujo ^a   Da Silva, Alba Valéria MacHado ^a   De Pita Pereira, Daniela ^a   Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Didelphis aurita; Leishmania infantum; Tissular parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COLLOIDAL GOLD; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL SKIN; AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS AURITA; DIPSTICK TEST; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EAR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCENT GLAND; SKIN; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIDELPHIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS AURITA; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84861859596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-111     Document Type: Article

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