NATURALLY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS WITH LEISHMANIA-ENRIETTII MUNIZ AND MEDINA 1948 IN GUINEA-PIGS FROM SAO-PAULO, BRAZIL

Authors
MACHADO MI MILDER RV PACHECO RS SILVA M BRAGA RR LAINSON R
Citation
Mi. Machado et al., NATURALLY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS WITH LEISHMANIA-ENRIETTII MUNIZ AND MEDINA 1948 IN GUINEA-PIGS FROM SAO-PAULO, BRAZIL, Parasitology, 109, 1994, pp. 135-138
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311820
Volume
109
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
135 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1820(1994)109:<135:NAIWLM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Two domestic guinea-pigs (Cavia porcellus), bought in Pinheiros, Sao P aulo State, Brazil, were taken by their owners to a farm in the rural district of Capao Bonito, close to the Atlantic Forest, Sao Paulo, whe re they both developed tumourlike and ulcerating lesions on the ears. The causative agent was identified as Leishmania (L.) enriettii, based on biological characters and isoenzyme profiles. Sources of the paras ite in wild mammals, and the possible sandfly vector species are discu ssed.