Australia

regions

Marsupial species

Leishmania species

Type of infection/%

Method

Ref

New South Wales

Trichosorus vulpecula

L. donovani

E/1 case

C, S

Armytage and Bolliger, 1945

E/92%

C, S

Bolliger and Backhouse, 1948

Pseudocheirus laniginosus^a

L. donovani

E/1 case

C, S

Bolliger and Backhouse, 1948

Northern

Macropus rufus

Leishmania spp

N/54.5%

C, MB, EM, H

Rose et al. 2004

Macropus robustus

Leishmania spp

N/87.5%

I, H, C,

ELISA, MB

Dougall et al. 2009

Macropus bernardus

Leishmania spp

N/1 case

I, H, C, ELISA, MB

Dougall et al. 2009

Macropus agilis

Leishmania spp

N/2 cases

I, H, C, ELISA, MB

Dougall et al. 2009