Trypanosoma cruzi infection in neotropical wild carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): at the top of the T. cruzi transmission chain.

Trypanosoma cruzi infection in neotropical wild carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): at the top of the T. cruzi transmission chain.

Little is known on the role played by Neotropical wild carnivores in the Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles. We investigated T. cruzi infection in wild carnivores from three sites in Brazil through parasitological and serological tests. The seven carnivore species examined were infected by T. cru...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Lopes Rocha, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, Juliane Saab de Lima, Carolina Carvalho Cheida, Frederico Gemesio Lemos, Fernanda Cavalcanti de Azevedo, Ricardo Corassa Arrais, Daniele Bilac, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Guilherme Mourão, Ana Maria Jansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701642?pdf=render

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