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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1981;75(4):537-41.

The opossum, Didelphis marsupialis (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), as a reservoir host of Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon Basin of Brazil.

Arias JR, Naif RD, Miles MA, de Souza AA

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 608

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 65 vector exposure yes concurrent
Exposures Leishmania guyanensis
Leishmania mexicana
Risk factors Ecosystem
Outcomes Carrier State
Leishmaniasis
Species Bradypus tridactylus
Dasypus novemcinctus
Didelphis marsupialis
Human
Kinkajou
Lutzomyia umbratilis
Marmosa murina
Mesomys hispidus
Metachirus nudicaudatus
Monodelphis brevicaudata
Myoprocta acouchy
Oryzomys capito
red howler monkey
roof rat
Locations location map
Brazil Amazonas Manaus (seat of a first-order administrative division)

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