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Distinct patterns of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Leontopithecus rosalia in distinct Atlantic coastal rainforest fragments in Rio de Janeiro--Brazil.
Parasitology - 1 Dec 2004
Lisboa C V, Mangia R H, De Lima N R C, Martins A, Dietz J, Baker A J, Ramon-Miranda C R, Ferreira L F, Fernandes O, Jansen A M
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies on infection of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Poço das Antas Biological Reserve population of wild free-ranging Leontopithecus rosalia have shown the presence of genotype T. cruzi II, associated in Brazil with human disease. Herein, this study has been extended, the infection being evaluated in L. rosalia of 3 different tamarin populations, inhabiting distinct forest areas located in the same Atlantic...
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