[Report on natural infection of bats by trypanosomatid flagellates in different municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro].
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.
Barros
Juliana Helena da Silva
JH
Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. juliana.helena@ipec.fiocruz.br
Romijn
Phyllis Catharina
PC
Baptista
Cibele
C
Pinto
Andressa G de Souza
AG
Madeira
Maria de Fátima
Mde F
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D014351:Trypanosomatina / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014505:Urban Population