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Infection rates and genotypes of Trypanosoma rangeli and T. cruzi infecting free-ranging Saguinus bicolor (Callitrichidae), a critically endangered primate of the Amazon Rainforest.
Acta tropica - 1 Aug 2008
Maia da Silva F, Naiff R D, Marcili A, Gordo M, D'Affonseca Neto J A, Naiff M F, Franco A M R, Campaner M, Valente V, Valente S A, Camargo E P, Teixeira M M G, Miles M A
Abstract excerpt
Parasites of wild primates are important for conservation biology and human health due to their high potential to infect humans. In the Amazon region, non-human primates are commonly infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli, which are also infective to man and several mammals. This is the first survey of trypanosomiasis in a critically endangered species of tamarin, Saguinus bicolor (Callitrichidae), from the...
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