Publications

systematic studies of the genus aegialomys weksler, percequillo and voss, 2006 (rodentia: cricetidae: sigmodontinae): annotated catalogue of the types of the species-group taxa.	the genus aegialomys was described to encompass the former oryzomys xanthaeolus group, and includes nowadays two species: a. xanthaeolus and a. galapagoensis. although not very confusing, the taxonomic history of the genus is long, comprising the description of five nominal taxa along the last 180 years: mus galapagoensis waterhouse, 1839; oryzomys bauri allen, 1892; oryzomys xanthaeolus thomas, 1894; oryzomys baroni allen, 1897; and oryzomys xanthaeolus ica osgood, 1944. here we gathered and ...	2016	27470869
infection by trypanosomes in marsupials and rodents associated with human dwellings in ecuador.	small mammals trapped in domestic and peridomestic environments of rural ecuador were screened for trypanosome infection by direct microscopy and hemoculture. identification of species of trypanosomes was then performed by morphological characteristics and by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assays. of 194 animals collected, 15 were positive for infection (7.73%). eight (4.12%) were infected with trypanosoma cruzi (1 of 33 didelphis marsupialis; 7 of 61 rattus rattus). eleven r. rattus (18.03%) h ...	2006	17304802