Natural infection of the opossum Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) with Leishmania donovani, in Brazil

Sherlock, Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo; Miranda, José Carlos; Sadigursky, Moysés; Junior, Gabriel Grimaldi

doi:10.1590/s0074-02761984000400020

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“…These proceedings were performed by the author and his collaborators (Sherlock 1964, Sherlock & Almeida 1970, Sherlock & Sherlock 1972, Sherlock et al 1984,1987,b, Sherlock & Miranda 1992.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The data I have obtained on laboratory and field observations over the last 35 five years about the ecology of visceral leishmaniasis in the State of Bahia are wholly presented in this paper, although papers on some aspects of the natural history of visceral leishmaniasis in the State of Bahia have already been published by other authors or by myself and collaborators (Pessoa et al 1955, Lopes & Sarno 1956, Sherlock 1964, Sherlock & Santos 1964, Sherlock l969, Sherlock & Almeida 1969, Sherlock & Guitton 1969a,b, Sherlock & Almeida 1970, Teixeira 1980, Sherlock et al 1984, Badaró et al 1986a,b, Barral et al 1986, Badaró 1988, Sherlock 1987, Sherlock et al 1988a,b, Sherlock & Miranda 1992, Cunha et al 1995.…”

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Ecological interactions of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Bahia, Brazil

Sherlock

1996

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Ecological interactions of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Bahia, Brazil

Sherlock

1996

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…127,128 Some opossums commonly found in the GEC were naturally infected with L. (L.) infantum: Didelphis marsupialis in Columbia [129][130][131] and D. albiventris in Bahia, although foxes and rodents were not infected. 132,133 In Colombia, it was also suggested that the rodent Proechimys canicollis may be a reservoir host of this parasite, 107 but no infection was observed in Proechimys guyanensis after inoculation with a strain from Amazonian Brazil, 134 The status of these marsupial and rodent species as important reservoir hosts for L. (L.) infantum in some specific areas remains unclear.…”

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Ecology of the Leishmania Species in the Guianan Ecoregion Complex

Rotureau

2006

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. In the Guianan ecoregion complex, at least seven Leishmania species belonging to both the L. (Leishmania) Saf' janova, 1982 and L. (Viannia) Lainson and Shaw, 1987 sub-genera are causative agents of American visceral leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, and cutaneous leishmaniases, including localized and diffuse forms. They are mostly sylvatic species subjugated to their own specific Lutzomyia sand fly vectors and to particular wild mammalian reservoir hosts of the dense rain forest. Originally implicated strictly in wild zoonoses and developing in forested ecotopes, Leishmania show a particular adaptive plasticity to face environmental modifications following deforestation and anthropization. This review presents the different pathogenic complexes of these parasites, emphasizes their implication in human diseases, and considers the influence of humans on their ecology.

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“…Other wild animal hosts of L. i. chagasi Sherlock et al (1984Sherlock et al ( , 1988 isolated L. i. chagasi from two opossums, Didelphis albiventris, captured in a focus of AVL in Jacobina, Bahia, but considered that it was unlikely that this animal represented an important reservoir of the parasite because of the very low infection-rate (two of 84 examined).…”

Section: Amazonian Avl: Indigenous or Introduced?mentioning

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