Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research

Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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ISSN: 2161-0983

Research Article - (2013) Volume 2, Issue 2

Haementeria lutzi Pinto, 1920 (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) as a putative Vector of Trypanosoma evansi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Pantanal Matogrossense (MS, Brazil)

João Carlos Araujo Carreira1*, Bianca Dos Santos Carvalho1, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil2 and Alba Valéria Machado Da Silva3
1IOC/Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2Laboratory of Parasitary Diseases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3Laboratory of Biochemistry of Proteins and Peptides, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Corresponding Author: João Carlos Araujo Carreira, Laboratory of Biochemistry of Proteins and Peptides/FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pav. 26 Sala 309. Manguinhos, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Tel: (55)(21)9660-8061 Email:

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