2004
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182004005918
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Abstract: 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 Coastal Rainforest. Edentata, Marsupialia, Rodentia and Chiroptera were examined exclusively in th… Show more

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“…After the identification of T. cruzi infection in GLTs in a biological reserve in Rio de Janeiro State (Lourenço-deOliveira 1990;Lisboa et al 2000), further research showed that depending on population location in the region, T. cruzi seroprevalence in GLTs could be low (<20%), as it is in other Neotropical primate species, or as high as 52% (Lisboa et al 2004). In addition, parasitemia in tamarins (assessed by positive blood cultures) also varied significantly among the conservation units because of unexplained factors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…After the identification of T. cruzi infection in GLTs in a biological reserve in Rio de Janeiro State (Lourenço-deOliveira 1990;Lisboa et al 2000), further research showed that depending on population location in the region, T. cruzi seroprevalence in GLTs could be low (<20%), as it is in other Neotropical primate species, or as high as 52% (Lisboa et al 2004). In addition, parasitemia in tamarins (assessed by positive blood cultures) also varied significantly among the conservation units because of unexplained factors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A clinical and laboratory evaluation of wild GLTs showed only slight effects of T. cruzi infection on tamarin health; life-threatening cardiac abnormalities detectable on electrocardiograms were estimated to occur in only 4-7% of the infected tamarins (Monteiro et al 2006). The genetic constitution of GLT hosts and of T. cruzi parasites were not probable factors explaining the differences in seroprevalence and profile of infection, as both taxa were described as displaying low genetic diversity (Grativol et al 2001;Lisboa et al 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The original primary host of TcII appears to be primates. Whereas its ecological niche has yet to be determined, isolates have been described from opossums in the Atlantic forest and from sylvatic primates, suggesting that such primates might be the primary original mammalian host (66) . TcII has also been isolated from the armadillo Euphractus sexcintus in the Paraguayan Chaco (67) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies have shown that in a non-endemic area of the Brazilian Atlantic coastal rainforest, 50% of the triatomine vectors and marsupials Didelphis marsu� pialis and Philander opossum as well as 52% of the golden lion tamarins and several other species of New World primates (Lisboa et al 2004) were naturally infected with T. cruzi. Moreover, in the US T. cruzi has been found in 11.4% of opossums and 22% of raccoons, together with infected triatomine bugs in the state of Georgia (Pung et al 1995).…”
Section: The Ecobiology Of T Cruzimentioning
confidence: 99%