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- Title
Small mammals as hosts of Leishmania spp. in a highly endemic area for zoonotic leishmaniasis in North-Eastern Brazil.
- Authors
Lima, Bruna S; Dantas-Torres, Filipe; de Carvalho, Maria R; Marinho-Junior, José F; de Almeida, Ericka L; Brito, Maria E F; Gomes, Francisco; Brandão-Filho, Sinval P
- Abstract
Leishmania parasites cause leishmaniasis in humans and animals worldwide. These parasites are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies, which become infected upon feeding on an infected mammalian host. We assessed the occurrence of Leishmania infection in small mammals in an area of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis endemicity.
- Publication
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013, Vol 107, Issue 9, p592
- ISSN
1878-3503
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/trstmh/trt062