Trypanosoma cruzi in the anal glands of urban opossums: I- isolation and experimental infections
Opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) captured in intensely urbanized areas of the city of Caracas, Venezuela, were found infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The developmental cycle of trypomastigote-epimastigote-metacyclic infective trypomastigote, usually occurring in the intestine of the triatomine vecto...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1996-08-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400002 |