Leishmaniose tegumentar - zoonose de roedores silvestres na Amazônia

Abstract

This paper deals with the studies on the natural infection by Leishmania of a wild rodent (Oryzomys goeldii) from the Utinga forest (state of Pará, Brasil). On the matter, 5 "notes" were published, the third one presented to the "First International Congress of Parasitology" held in Rome (Sept., 1964). A wide land of Utinga forest was sub-divided in smaller areas in which were distributed special traps for the capture of rodents for arboviruses studies. These rodents were used for leishmaniasis researches toa.