| isolation and molecular identification of leishmania chagasi from a bat (carollia perspicillata) in northeastern venezuela. | this report describes the isolation of a leishmania chagasi strain from a bat (carollia perspicillata), and its identification using biological methods and molecular characterization. the parasites were isolated in an artificial culture medium from a blood sample extracted from a bat heart. the isolate was then inoculated into the footpads of balb/c mice, which subsequently developed a typical nodular leishmanial lesion; the parasites were confirmed as leishmania by smear and histopathology. mol ... | 2008 | 18661000 |