Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica

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著者:	GONZÁLEZ, KADIR, CALZADA, JOSÉ E., Saldaña, Azael, Rigg, Chystrie A., Alvarado, Gilbert, Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal, KITRON, URIEL D., Adler, Gregory H., GOTTDENKER, NICOLE L., Chaves, Luis Fernando, Baldi, Mario
フォーマット:	artículo
出版日付:	2014
その他の書誌記述:	The eco-epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is driven by animal reservoir species that are a source of infection for sand flies that serve as vectors infecting humans with Leishmania spp parasites. The emergence and re-emergence of this disease across Latin America calls for further studies to identify reservoir species associated with enzootic transmission. Here, we present results from a survey of 52 individuals from 13 wild mammal species at endemic sites in Costa Rica and Panama where ACL mammal hosts have not been previously studied. For Leishmania spp. diagnostics we employed a novel PCR technique using blood samples collected on filter paper. We only found Leishmania spp parasites in one host, the two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni. Our findings add further support to the role of two-toed sloths as an important ACL reservoir in Central America.
国:	Repositorio UNA
機関:	Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:	Repositorio UNA
言語:	Inglés
OAI Identifier:	oai:null:11056/23580
オンライン･アクセス:	http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23580
キーワード:	LEISHMANIASIS ZOONOSIS PARÁSITOS PARASITES INSECTOS VECTORES VECTOR INSECTS