Blood parasites of shrews from Pennsylvania
Laakkonen, J.; Haukisalmi, V.; Merritt, J.F.
Journal of Parasitology 84(6): 1300-1303
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3395 PMID: 9920338 Document Number: 493016
We examined 30 Sorex cinereus, 5 Sorex fumeus, and 21 Blarina brevicauda collected from Pennsylvania in 1995 for blood parasites. Trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma sp. were visible in 13% of the S. cinereus. Ten percent of S. cinereus, 20% of S. fumeus, and 14% of B. brevicauda were infected with Bartonella sp. (or spp.). In S. cinereus, we detected no concurrent Trypanosoma and Bartonella infections.