Maintenance of Trypanosoma cruzi, T. evansi and Leishmania spp. by domestic dogs and wild mammals in a rural settlement in Brazil-Bolivian border

Domestic dogs are considered reservoirs hosts for several vector-borne parasites. This study aimed to evaluate the role of domestic dogs as hosts for Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma evansi and Leishmania spp. in single and co-infections in the Urucum settlement, near the Brazil-Bolivian border. Addit...

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Main Authors: Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfirio, Filipe Martins Santos, Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo, Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto, João Bosco Vilela Campos, Alyssa C. Meyers, Marcos Rogério André, Lívia Perles, Carina Elisei de Oliveira, Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier, Gisele Braziliano de Andrade, Ana Maria Jansen, Heitor Miraglia Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224418300531