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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Hemoplasmas are epierythrocytic bacteria that infect mammals. ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoalbiventris’ was detected in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) from southern and central-western Brazil.
Renata Prestes Antonangelo de Oliveira +16 more
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First Genomic Evidence of a Henipa-like Virus in Brazil
Viruses, 2022 The viral genus Henipavirus includes two highly virulent zoonotic viruses of serious public health concern. Hendra henipavirus and Nipah henipavirus outbreaks are restricted to Australia and Southeast Asia, respectively.
Leonardo H. Almeida Hernández +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Increasing evidence has indicated that adult neurogenesis contributes to brain plasticity, although function of new neurons is still under debate. In opossums, we performed an olfactory-guided behavior task and examined the association between olfactory ...
Beata Tepper +5 more
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Molecular detection of hemoplasmas in rescued black-eared opossums (Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826) from southeastern Brazil, with evidence of a novel genotype infecting marsupials [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2023 There is a growing concern about the participation of wild hosts and reservoirs in the epidemiology of several pathogens, particularly within the context of environmental changes and the expansion of the One Health concept.
Ágatha Ferreira Xavier de Oliveira +12 more
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Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2022 Background: The human-opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) conflict has increased during the last decades mainly due to natural habitat loss, and mediated by generalist and opportunistic habits of opossums.
Karen N Rodríguez +2 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 Trypanosoma cruzi, a zoonotic protozoan parasite, infects a wide range of mammals. The southern United States has endemic sylvatic transmission cycles maintained by several species of wildlife and domestic dogs.
Italo B. Zecca +4 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 In many mammalian species including opossums, adult neurogenesis, the function of which is not completely understood, declines with aging. Aging also causes impairment of cognition.
Beata Tepper +6 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi : time for international recognition as a foodborne parasite [PDF]
, 2016 In Grenada, West Indies, rabies is endemic, and is thought to be maintained in a wildlife host, the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) with occasional spillover into other hosts.
Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé +4 more
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Nest niche overlap among the endangered Vinaceous-breasted Parrot (Amazona vinacea) and sympatric cavity-using birds, mammals, and social insects in the subtropical Atlantic Forest, Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 Many forest bird species require tree cavities for nesting, and share this resource with a diverse community of animals. When cavities are limited, niche overlap can result in interspecific competition, with negative consequences for threatened ...
Bonaparte, Eugenia Bianca +1 more
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Naturally Acquired Rabies in White-Eared Opossum, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Opossums are considered resistant to rabies. Nonhematophagous bats are reservoirs of rabies in urban areas of South America. We analyzed bats and opossums tested for rabies during 2021 in a highly urbanized city in Brazil to understand spillover in an ...
Eduardo Ferreira-Machado +20 more
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