Leishmaniasis in Brazil IV: the fox, Cerdocyon thous (L) as a reservoir of Leishmania donovani in Para State, Brazil
Leishmania donovani was isolated from 1 of 6 foxes (Cerdocyon thous L.) from the outskirts of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Isolation was by the intraperitoneal inoculation of hamsters with triturated kidney tissue, these animaIs showing a generalized visceral infection one month later. Histologically the ki...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1969 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:patua.iec.gov.br:iec/843 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/843 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Leishmania / isolamento & purificação Reservatórios de Doenças Leishmaniose / epidemiologia Leishmaniose / veterinária Cricetinae Raposas Pará (PA) |
| Sumario: | Leishmania donovani was isolated from 1 of 6 foxes (Cerdocyon thous L.) from the outskirts of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Isolation was by the intraperitoneal inoculation of hamsters with triturated kidney tissue, these animaIs showing a generalized visceral infection one month later. Histologically the kidney of the infected fox showed considerable pathological changes, but otherwise the animal appeared perfectly healthy. Kala-azar is only a sporadic disease of man and dogs in the forested regions of the North of Brazil and is probably a zoonosis among the wild animais |
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