Infectiousness of Sylvatic and Synanthropic Small Rodents Implicates a Multi-host Reservoir of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis.

<h4>Background</h4>The possibility that a multi-host wildlife reservoir is responsible for maintaining transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis causing human cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis is tested by comparative analysis of infection progression and infectiousness t...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Maria S Andrade, Orin Courtenay, Maria E F Brito, Francisco G Carvalho, Ana Waléria S Carvalho, Fábia Soares, Silvia M Carvalho, Pietra L Costa, Ricardo Zampieri, Lucile M Floeter-Winter, Jeffrey J Shaw, Sinval P Brandão-Filho
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004137&type=printable