Isolation and molecular identification of Leishmania chagasi from a bat (Carollia perspicillata) in northeastern Venezuela

This report describes the isolation of a Leishmania chagasi strain from a bat (Carollia perspicillata), and its identification using biological methods and molecular characterization. The parasites were isolated in an artificial culture medium from a blood sample extracted from a bat heart. The isol...

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Published:	2008
Subjects:	Leishmania chagasi bats molecular biology reservoir Venezuela
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10872/12688
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