First molecular-based detection study of Leishmania infantum in the Tapirapé indigenous population in the Brazilian Amazon
Species of the genus Leishmania parasitize mammals and have life cycles that alternate between vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Most species develop in a hematophagous arthropod and infect a specific vertebrate host that may belong to diverse orders and families. Visceral leishmaniasis is a chroni...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2022000100612&tlng=en |