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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is described in an opossum, Marmosa murina, from the Utinga forest, Belem, Para, Brazil. The parasite appears to be identical with Leishmania commonly encountered in forest rodents of the same area.
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Lainson et al. (1969) studied this question.
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