title: Leishmania (Viannia) shawi sp. n., a parasite of monkeys, sloths and procyonids in Amazonian Brazil.
abstract: Leishmania (Viannia) shawi sp. n., is described from the monkeys Cebus apella and Chiropotes satanus, the sloths Choloepus didactylus and Bradypus tridactylus, the procyonid Nasua nasua, and the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia whitmani, all from primary forest in the State of Pará, north Brazil. L. (V.) shawi is variably distinguished from all other known species within the subgenus Viannia by a combination of biological, biochemical and serological characters, as revealed by studies on morphology, isoenzyme profiles, kDNA buoyant densities and monoclonal antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Parasitology Unit, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lainson
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: De Souza
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pôvoa
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000469:parasitology*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D012896:Sloths / Q000469:parasitology*; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000469:parasitology*