Abstract:BACKGROUND Trypanosomatids are widespread and cause diseases -such as trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis -in animals and humans. These diseases occur in both rural and urban regions due to unplanned growth and deforestation. Thus, wild and synanthropic reservoir hosts living in residential areas are risk factors.OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the diversity of small mammals (rodents and marsupials), and the occurrence of trypanosomatids, especially Leish… Show more
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