Trypanosomes of non-human primates from the National Centre of Primates, Ananindeua, State of Pará, Brazil

Trypanosomes of non-human primates from the National Centre of Primates, Ananindeua, State of Pará, Brazil

Trypanosome infections were sought in 46 non-human primates captured principally in Amazonian Brazil. Twenty-two (47.8%) were infected with four Trypanosoma species: T. cruzi, T. minasense, T. devei and T. rangeli. These preliminary results confirmed the high prevalence and diversity of natural infections with trypanosomes in primates from Brazilian Amazon and were the first formal record of simian infections with trypanosomes in the State of Acre. The presence of T. cruzi-like and T. rangeli-like parasites are recorded in four new hosts.

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Main Authors: Ziccardi,Mariangela, Lourenço-de-Oliveira,Ricardo, Lainson,Ralph, Brígido,Maria do Carmo de Oliveira, Muniz,José Augusto Pereira Carneiro
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2000
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000200004
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