Recovery of Trypanosoma forattinii Coutinho and Pattoli from a Trinidadian rodent: research note

ABSTRACT

Recovery of Trypanosoma forattinii from natural infected Oryzomys capito velutinus from Trinidad, is reported. Negative results were obtained with attempts to infect experimentally, several laboratory animals, silvatyc rodents of the same ecological area and several species of triatomid bugs. Positive results were obtained only by using O. capito velutinus born in laboratory. (AU)