| two new species of chiggers (acari: trombiculidae) from small mammals collected in brazil. | two new species of chiggers are described from mammals collected in fazenda agúa limpa, federal district, brazil: trombewingia brasiliensis from bolomys lasiurus and parasecia lasiurus from b. lasiurus and oxymycterus sp. | 1991 | 1875366 |
| expanding the knowledge about leishmania species in wild mammals and dogs in the brazilian savannah. | wild, synanthropic and domestic mammals act as hosts and/or reservoirs of several leishmania spp. studies on possible reservoirs of leishmania in different areas are fundamental to understand host-parasite interactions and develop strategies for the surveillance and control of leishmaniasis. in the present study, we evaluated the leishmania spp. occurrence in mammals in two conservation units and their surroundings in brasília, federal district (fd), brazil. | 2015 | 25889365 |
| ten years of a hantavirus disease emergency in the federal district, brazil. | hantavirus diseases are emerging human diseases caused by hantavirus spp. of the bunnyaviridae family. hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) has been detected in the federal district (df) of brazil since 2004. among the 27 brazilian federal units, df has the highest fatality rate. more than 10 years have already passed since then, with confirmation of cases caused by the araraquara and paranoa species. the reservoir is necromys lasiurus. | 2016 | 27163562 |