ASSESSMENT OF MARSUPIAIS Micoureus paraguayanus and Didelphis albiventris AS RESERVIORS OF LEISHMANIOSE

• Grant number: 08/07216-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2009
• End date: March 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Caris Maroni Nunes
• Grantee: Amanda Pifano Neto Quintal
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Araçatuba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Leishmaniasis are zoonosis that have great importance in public health because of its high incidence and wide distribution. Urban and peri-urban areas has an important rule in the epidemiology of this disease. This study aims to assess the occurrence of Leishmania spp. in marsupials reservoirs for better understanding their rule in the epidemiology of this zoonosis. Skin samples of marsupials Micoureus paraguayanus and Didelphis albiventris have been collected in Morro do Diabo State Park, Pontal do Paranapanema-SP, in the forest fragments and their surroundings. Samples will be evaluated for the presence of Leishmania spp. by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), with subsequent species differentiation, when positive.

Scientific publications

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NETO QUINTAL, AMANDA PIFANO; RIBEIRO, ERICA DE SOUZA; RODRIGUES, FERNADO PACHECO; ROCHA, FLAVIA SOUZA; FLOETER-WINTER, LUCILE MARIA; NUNES, CARIS MARONI. Leishmania spp. in Didelphis albiventris and Micoureus paraguayanus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) of Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology, v. 176, n. 2-3, p. 112-119, MAR 10 2011. (08/07216-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

QUINTAL, Amanda Pifano Neto. Leishmania spp. em Didelphis albiventris e micoureus paraguayanus (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia). 2010. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária. Araçatuba Araçatuba.