title: [Report on natural infection of bats by trypanosomatid flagellates in different municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro].
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate natural infection of bats by trypanosomatids. Using blood culturing, 86 specimens from different genera were examined, and 22 samples (25.58%) of Desmodus rotundus and Lonchorhina aurita were isolated. These results contribute towards knowledge of the occurrence of trypanosomatids in bats in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. juliana.helena@ipec.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Juliana Helena da Silva
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Phyllis Catharina
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Romijn
authors.forename: Cibele
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Andressa G de Souza
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Madeira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D014351:Trypanosomatina / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014505:Urban Population