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Title	Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses
Published in	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, January 2001
DOI	10.1590/s0100-879x2001000100002
Pubmed ID	11151024
Authors	D.P. Gilmore, C.P. Da Costa, D.P.F. Duarte
Abstract	This is a review of the research undertaken since 1971 on the behavior and physiological ecology of sloths. The animals exhibit numerous fascinating features. Sloth hair is extremely specialized for a wet tropical environment and contains symbiotic algae. Activity shows circadian and seasonal variation. Nutrients derived from the food, particularly in Bradypus, only barely match the requirements for energy expenditure. Sloths are hosts to a fascinating array of commensal and parasitic arthropods and are carriers of various arthropod-borne viruses. Sloths are known reservoirs of the flagellate protozoan which causes leishmaniasis in humans, and may also carry trypanosomes and the protozoan Pneumocystis carinii.

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Country	Count	As %
France	55	24%
Togo	2	<1%
Cameroon	2	<1%
Belgium	2	<1%
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	2	<1%
United States	2	<1%
Canada	2	<1%
Benin	2	<1%
Portugal	2	<1%
Other	10	4%
Unknown	150	65%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	229	99%
Scientists	2	<1%

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Country	Count	As %
United States	6	3%
Brazil	5	2%
Colombia	3	1%
Czechia	1	<1%
Portugal	1	<1%
Slovenia	1	<1%
United Kingdom	1	<1%
Unknown	193	91%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	46	22%
Student > Master	35	17%
Researcher	31	15%
Student > Ph. D. Student	17	8%
Other	11	5%
Other	42	20%
Unknown	29	14%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	118	56%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine	12	6%
Environmental Science	12	6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	9	4%
Earth and Planetary Sciences	4	2%
Other	22	10%
Unknown	34	16%

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Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses

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