Publications

leishmaniasis in brazil. xix: visceral leishmaniasis in the amazon region, and the presence of lutzomyia longipalpis on the island of marajó, pará state.	sporadic cases of visceral leishmaniasis in amazonian brazil appear limited to pará state, in the lower amazon valley and principally near the atlantic coast. the fox cerdocyon thous (l.) has been incriminated as a natural host of the causative parasite, leishmania donovani chagasi, but past doubts have existed over the identification of the most likely vector as lutzomyia (lutzomyia) longipalpis (lutz & neiva, 1912). investigations on two of five recent cases of visceral leishmaniasis of man in ...	1983	6623589
visceral leishmaniasis in captive wild canids in brazil.	visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is endemic in belo horizonte (state of minas gerais, brazil). leishmania sp. can naturally infect several species of mammals, and the domestic dog is the most important reservoir of the disease in south america. this report describes five cases of visceral leishmaniasis in brazilian canids. among 15 animals kept in captivity in a zoo in belo horizonte (state of minas gerais, brazil), two animals, a bush dog (spheotos venaticos) and a hoary zorro (lycalopex vetulus) we ...	2008	18556130
parasites of domestic and wild canids in the region of serra do cipó national park, brazil.	over recent decades, diseases have been shown to be important causes of extinctions among wild species. greater emphasis has been given to diseases transmitted by domestic animals, which have been increasing in numbers in natural areas, along with human populations. this study had the aim of investigating the presence of intestinal helminths in wild canids (maned wolf, chrysocyon brachyurus, and crab-eating fox, cerdocyon thous) in the serra do cipó national park (43-44º w and 19-20º s) and endo ...	2012	23070438
rickettsial infection in ticks collected from road-killed wild animals in rio de janeiro, brazil.	during 2008-2010, ticks were collected from road-killed wild animals within the serra dos orgãos national park area in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil. in total, 193 tick specimens were collected, including amblyomma dubitatum neumann and amblyomma cajennense (f.) from four hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (l.), amblyomma calcaratum neumann and a. cajennense from four tamandua tetradactyla (l.), amblyomma aureolatum (pallas) and a. cajennense from five cerdocyon thous l., amblyomma longirostre (koc ...	2012	23270184