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American trypanosomiasis in British Honduras

VI.-A natural infection with Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi in the opossum Didelphis marsupialis (Marsupialia, Didelphoidea), and experimental investigations of different wild-animal species as possible reservoirs for the parasite

W. B. Petana From the Dermal Leishmaniasis Research Unit (American Trypanosomiasis Research Section), Central Farm, Baking Pot, El Cayo District, British Honduras, and the Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pages 47-56 | Received 29 Aug 1968, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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