Revista de Saúde Pública (Mar 1976)

Novo encontro do Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) freitasi, parasita do gambá A new finding of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) freitasi, parasite of the opossum

  • Eduardo Olavo da Rocha e Silva,
  • Dino Baptista Germano Pattoli,
  • José de Campos Camargo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-89101976000100011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 121 – 124

Abstract

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Relata-se um novo encontro do Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) freitasi, raro tripanosomatídeo encontrado no sangue de marsupiais, do gênero Didelphis. Salientam-se a baixa e irregular parasitemia observada, as dificuldades no isolamento, bem como, o concomitante achado do T. cruzi.A new finding of the Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) freitasi a rare trypanosome encountered in the blood of marsupial's of the genus Didelphis, is reported. The feeble and irregular parasitemy, the difficulties for its isolation, as will as the concomitant observation of Trypanosoma cruzi, is mentioned.

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