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    • Natural infection of leptospira species in the native rodents degu (Octodon degus) and Darwin's Pericote ... 
      Correa, Juana P.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Botto Mahan, Carezza; Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; García de Cortázar, Rodrigo; Landaeta Aqueveque, Carlos; Ramírez Estrada, Juan (Wildlife Disease Assoc, Inc., 2017)
      We report natural infections by pathogenic Leptospira of two rodent species endemic to Chile: the degu (Octodon degus) and Darwin's pericote (Phyllotis darwini). We detected Leptospira DNA in kidney and urine samples taken ...
    • Spatial distribution of an infectious disease in a small mammal community 
      Correa, Juana P.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Fontúrbel, Francisco E.; Oda, Esteban; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Solari Illescas, Aldo; Botto Mahan, Carezza (Springer, 2015)
      Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by insect vectors to several mammals, but little is known about its spatial epidemiology. We assessed the spatial distribution of T. ...
    • TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI DETECTION IN BLOOD BY XENODIAGNOSIS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN THE WILD RODENT ... 
      Campos, Ricardo; Botto Mahan, Carezza; Ortiz Zúñiga, Sylvia; Acuña Retamar, Mariana; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Solari Illescas, Aldo (2007)
      We detected Trypanosoma cruzi in blood samples of the wild rodent Octodon degus by xenodiagnosis and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the domestic and wild vectors of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans and Mepraia ...
    • Trypanosoma cruzi infection in wild mammals from a chagasic area of Chile 
      Rozas, Marlene; Botto Mahan, Carezza; Coronado, Ximena; Ortiz Zúñiga, Sylvia; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Solari Illescas, Aldo (AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, 2005-09)
      We report results of PCR-DNA based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in wild mammal reservoirs from a chagasic area of Chile. We analyzed 157 blood samples from wild mammals including the marsupial Thylamis elegans and the ...