Trypanosoma cruzi among wild and domestic mammals in different areas of the Abaetetuba municipality (Pará State, Brazil), an endemic Chagas disease transmission area

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 71-77

  Roque, André Luiz R ^a   Xavier, Samanta C C ^a   Gerhardt, Marconny ^a   Silva, Miguel F O ^a   Lima, Valdirene S ^a   D'Andrea, Paulo S ^a   Jansen, Ana M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Chagas disease; Dogs; Trypanosoma cruzi; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; HOST; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHILANDER OPOSSUM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MAMMALS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; MAMMALIA; PHILANDER OPOSSUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84873751104     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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