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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 26(5), 1977, pp. 1044-1045
Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Isolation of Leishmania Braziliensis from a Wild Rodent in Costa Rica*

Rodrigo Zeledón, Brad McPherson AND Carlos Ponce
Louisiana State University-International Center for Medical Research and Training, Apartado 10155, San José, Costa Rica Department of Parasitology, University of Costa Rica, and Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana 71104

Leishmania braziliensis panamensis has been isolated in culture from one spiny-pocket mouse (Heteromys dermarestianus) out of 43 examined, proving that rodents of this genus can be reservoirs of Leishmania of the braziliensis complex as well as of mexicana in Latin America.

Accepted for publication May 14, 1977.


* Supported in part by U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (Contract DADA-17-73-C-3086) and by USPHS-NIAID grant AI-13572-01.






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