| new records and human parasitism by ornithodoros mimon (acari: argasidae) in brazil. | the bat tick ornithodoros mimon kohls, clifford & jones is currently known by only few reports in bolivia, uruguay, argentina, and the state of são paulo in southeastern brazil. here, we expand the distribution of o. mimon in brazil to the states of minas gerais (southeastern region), goiás (central-western), pernambuco, and rio grande do norte (northeastern). ticks were collected on human dwellings, where there had been repeated complains of tick bites on persons during the night. tick bites we ... | 2014 | 24605480 |
| wild and synanthropic hosts of leishmania (viannia) braziliensis in the endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis locality of amaraji, pernambuco state, brazil. | evidence of leishmania infection was found in small mammals captured between 1996 and 2000 in the amaraji region, pernambuco state, brazil. the kdna polymerase chain reaction (pcr), using primers specific for subgenus l. (viannia), was positive for 43/153 water rats (nectomys squamipes), 13/81 black rats (rattus rattus), 15/103 grass mice (bolomys lasiurus), 1/14 marsh mice (holochilus scieurus), 2/50 field mice (akodon arviculoides), 2/12 woolly opossums (marmosa sp.), and 5/37 common opossums ... | 2003 | 15228244 |