Country

Marsupial species

Leishmania species

Type of infection/%

Method

Ref

Colombia

Didelphis marsupialis

L.infantum

N/32%

I, C, H

Corredor et al. 1989

N/22.7%

C, MB, H, Iso

Travi et al. 1994

E/NP

X, C, MB

Travi et al. 1998

N/9.5-14.3%

MB

Travi et al. 1998

L. braziliensis

N/20%

X, MB

Alexander et al. 1998

Leishmania (Viannia) spp.

N/33.3%

MB

Ocampo et al. 2012

Marmosa demerarae

L. braziliensis

N/66.7%

X, MB

Alexander et al. 1998

Trinidad

Marmosops fuscatusa

Leishmania spp

N/NP

C

Tikasingh 1969

N/11.1-33.3%

I, C, H

Tikasingh 1974

Marmosa robinsonib

Leishmania spp

N/NP

C

Tikasingh 1969

N/16.7%

I, C, H

Tikasingh 1974

Caluromys philander

Leishmania spp

N/4.3%

I, C, H

Tikasingh 1974

Venezuela

Didelphis marsupialis

L. braziliensis

N/2.5%

C, H

Scorza et al. 1984

L.garnhami

N/2.5%

C, H

Scorza et al. 1984

L. braziliensis

E/50%

X

Scorza et al. 1984

L. infantum

N/7.1%

S, MB

Zulueta AM et al. 1999

Peru

Didelphis pernigrac

L. peruviana

N/2.8%

C, MB

Llanos-Cuentas et al. 1999