TABLE II. Follow-up of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the free-ranging populations of Leontopithecus rosalia (golden lion tamarin) and Leontopithecus chrysomelas (golden-headed lion tamarin) from Southeast Atlantic Coastal Rainforest of Brazil (1995-2005).
Species | Studies areas | Positive IFAT/ examined tamarins n/n (%) | Positive HC/ positive IFAT n/n (%) | Serological conversion/ tamarins tested n/n (%) |
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Leontopithecus rosalia | PDA | 140/249 (56) | 95/140 (68) | 35/107 (33) |
RAa | 8/54 (11) | 8/8 (100) | 1/6 (17) | |
Leontopithecus chrysomelas | UNA | 58/76 (76) | 39/58 (65) | 19/34 (56) |
a: includes 21 privately owned farms; HC: haemoculture; IFAT: indirect fluorescent antibody test; PDA: Poço das Antas Biological Reserve [municipality of Silva Jardim, state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ)]; RA: reintroduction areas [municipalities of Rio Bonito, Silva Jardim and Casimiro de Abreu (RJ)]; UNA: Una Biological Reserve (municipality of Una, state of Bahia).