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. 2015 May;110(3):394–402. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760140400

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 (%)
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).