Publications

leishmania (viannia) shawi sp. n., a parasite of monkeys, sloths and procyonids in amazonian brazil.	leishmania (viannia) shawi sp. n., is described from the monkeys cebus apella and chiropotes satanus, the sloths choloepus didactylus and bradypus tridactylus, the procyonid nasua nasua, and the phlebotomine sandfly lutzomyia whitmani, all from primary forest in the state of pará, north brazil. l. (v.) shawi is variably distinguished from all other known species within the subgenus viannia by a combination of biological, biochemical and serological characters, as revealed by studies on morpholog ...	1989	2504099
cutaneous leishmaniasis of man due to leishmania (viannia) shawi lainson, de souza, póvoa, ishikawa & silveira, in pará state, brazil.	leishmania (viannia) shawi lainson, braga, de souza, póvoa, ishikawa & silveira, 1989, was originally recorded from monkeys (cebus apella and chiropotes satanas), sloths (choloepus didactylus and bradypus tridactylus) and coatis (nasua nasua) and the sandfly, lutzomyia whitmani. with a panel of leishmania specific monoclonal antibodies, it was found that 30.5% of the leishmania strains from patients, who had contracted cutaneous leishmaniasis in pará state, were similar, but not identical to l. ...	1991	1822654
pneumocystis and histoplasma infections in wild animals from the amazon region of brazil.	routine examination of tissues from wild forest rodents from amapá, north brazil, revealed pneumocystis carinii in lung smears from a newly captured oryzomys capito (cricetidae). acute, fatal infections with this parasite are also recorded in a number of captive "coatimundis", nasua narica (carnivora: procyonidae) and a sloth, bradypus tridactylus (edentata). pneumocystis was also encountered in lung smears from a newly captured and apparently healthy sloth, choloepus didactylus. the presence of ...	1975	1084602