Literature review of Leishmania (Viannia) spp. prevalence in rodents in South American countries categorized by tissue type tested.

1Genus information for species abbreviations in alphabetical order: B. lasarius = Bolomys, M. caliginosus = Melanomys, M. minutus = Microryzomys, M. musculus = Mus, N. lasarius = Necromys, N. squamipes = Nectomys, O. perenensis = Oryzoymys (since reclassified as Hylaeamys perenensis), P. semispinosus = Proechimys, R. norvegicus and R. rattus = Rattus.2pos/N = total positive/total tested3LVb = Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; b-complex = the braziliensis “complex” which includes the following four species: braziliensis, guyanensis, panamensis, and peruviana; Viannia = identification at the subgenera level4PCR = polymerase chain reaction (gene and primer names are indicated in parentheses if reported); nPCR = nested PCR; RFLP = restriction fragment length polymorphism, DBH = dot-blot hybridization; MLEE = multi locus enzyme electrophoresis5Skin samples were all ear biopsies, with the exception of references #46 and #48, which were tail biopsies and unspecified skin biopsies, respectively