Borrelia sp. in naturally infected Didelphis aurita (Wied, 1826) (marsupialia: didelphidae)

Fifty-six opossums (Didelphis aurita) were captured on the campus of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica county, Rio de Janeiro state, in order to investigate the occurrence of Borrelia sp among them in relation with the study of spirochaetemia and its ectoparasites. Blood tests...

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Main Authors: Isis dos Santos Abel, Denclair Escobar de Almeida Junior, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Márcia Mayumi Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2000-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132000000300010