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• Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 79 (4) • Dec 1984 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761984000400020   copy

Natural infection of the opossum Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) with Leishmania donovani, in Brazil

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An opossum, Didelphis albiventris, from Jacobina, bahia State, was found naturally infected with Leishmania donovani, being the first non-canid wild mammal to be detected with agent of kala-azar in the New World.

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