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SUBMITTER: Richini-Pereira VB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4068874 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Richini-Pereira Virginia Bodelão VB Marson Pamela Merlo PM Hayasaka Enio Yoshinori EY Victoria Cassiano C da Silva Rodrigo Costa RC Langoni Hélio H
The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases 20140616
<h4>Background</h4>Road-killed wild animals have been classified as sentinels for detecting such zoonotic pathogens as Leishmania spp., offering new opportunities for epidemiological studies of this infection.<h4>Methods</h4>This study aimed to evaluate the presence of Leishmania spp. and Leishmania chagasi DNA by PCR in tissue samples (lung, liver, spleen, kidney, heart, mesenteric lymph node and adrenal gland) from 70 road-killed wild animals.<h4>Results</h4>DNA was detected in tissues of one ...[more]