Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania mexicana in Free-Ranging Howler Monkeys in Southeastern Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Rovirosa Hernández, María De Jesús ^a   Cortes Ortíz, Liliana ^b   García Orduña, Francisco ^a   Guzmán Gómez, Daniel ^a   López Monteon, Aracely ^a   Caba, Mario ^a   Ramos Ligonio, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Free ranging; Howler monkeys; Leishmania mexicana; Seroprevalence; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PRIMATE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MEXICO; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEXICO; MONKEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; HAPLORHINI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA SP.; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84871381903     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22094     Document Type: Article

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