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Detection of Leishmania spp in silvatic mammals and isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from Rattus rattus in an endemic area for leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
PLoS One
December 2017
Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses, Instituto René Rachou, FIOCRUZ/MINAS, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Knowledge of potential reservoirs of Leishmania spp. in an anthropic environment is important so that surveillance and control measures can be implemented. The aim of this study was to investigate the infection by Leishmania in small mammals in an area located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, that undergoes changes in its natural environment and presents autochthonous human cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScanning electron microscopy of Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 (Nematoda: Ascarididae).
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
October 1998
Laboratório de Helmintologia, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, CCS, UFRJ, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 is a parasitic nematode with its biological cycle still unknown, even though it was found in humans, domestic and silvatic animals. Adult worms, collected by surgical drainage from a human patient from the State of Pará, Brazil, were micrographed using a scanning electron microscope. Morphological aspects of males and females such as cephalic structures, caudal papillae and cuticular patterns were analyzed and compared with the previous descriptions adding new data for the identification of this species.
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