| leishmaniasis in brazil: xvi. isolation and identification of leishmania species from sandflies, wild mammals and man in north para state, with particular reference to l. braziliensis guyanensis causative agent of "pian-bois". | a total of 125 wild mammals (14 different species) were examined for evidence of infection with leishmania in an area of primary forest highly endemic for "pian-bois", due to leishmania braziliensis guyanensis, in north pará state, brazil. parasites isolated were characterized biologically, and biochemically on enzymic profiles. l. b. guyanensis was isolated from the viscera of one lesser anteater (tamandua tetradactyla) and one opossum (didelphis marsupialis), and the skin of one rodent (proech ... | 1981 | 7324128 |
| new host records of ixodes luciae (acari: ixodidae) in the state of para, brazil. | the aim of this paper is to record new hosts for ixodes luciae sénevet in the state of para, brazil, and present a case of malformation (teratogeny) in a nymph of this species. the new host records are marmosa murina (parasitized by females) and philander opossum (parasitized by nymphs). one of these nymphs showed malformation in the posterior margin of the opisthosoma resulting in a heart shaped posterior end. | 2013 | 24252962 |