High Trypanosoma spp. diversity is maintained by bats and triatomines in Espírito Santo state, Brazil.

The aim of this study was to reevaluate the ecology of an area in the Atlantic Forest, southeast Brazil, where Chagas disease (CD) has been found to occur. In a previous study, immediately after the occurrence of a CD case, we did not observe any sylvatic small mammals or dogs with Trypanosoma cruzi...

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Main Authors: Maria Augusta Dario, Cristiane Varella Lisboa, Luciana M Costa, Ricardo Moratelli, Monique Pereira Nascimento, Leonora Pires Costa, Yuri Luiz Reis Leite, Martin S Llewellyn, Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, Ana Maria Jansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5703495?pdf=render