Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi and Other Trypanosomatids in Frequently-Hunted Wild Mammals from the Peruvian Amazon

Ventocilla, Julio A.; Morales, E. Angelo; Pérez-Velez, Erika S.; Bowler, Mark; Aysanoa, Esar; Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo; Baldeviano, G. Christian; Pérez, Jocelyn; Mayor, Pedro

dc.contributor.author	Morales, E. Angelo
dc.contributor.author	Mayor, Pedro
dc.contributor.author	Bowler, Mark
dc.contributor.author	Aysanoa, Esar
dc.contributor.author	Pérez-Velez, Erika S.
dc.contributor.author	Pérez, Jocelyn
dc.contributor.author	Ventocilla, Julio A.
dc.contributor.author	Baldeviano, G. Christian
dc.contributor.author	Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-25T16:03:17Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-25T16:03:17Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4733
dc.description.abstract	To better understand the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon, we evaluated the prevalence of T. cruzi and other trypanosomatids in four orders of wild mammals hunted and consumed by inhabitants of three remote indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Of 300 wild mammals sampled, 115 (38.3%) were infected with trypanosomatids and 15 (5.0%) with T. cruzi. The prevalence of T. cruzi within each species was as follows: large rodents (Cuniculus paca, 5.5%; Dasyprocta spp., 2.6%), edentates (Dasypus novemcinctus, 4.2%), and carnivores with higher prevalence (Nasua nasua, 18.8%). The high prevalence of T. cruzi and other trypanosomatids in frequently hunted wild mammals suggests a sizeable T. cruzi sylvatic reservoir in remote Amazonian locations.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Animals	en_US
dc.subject	Animals, Wild/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Armadillos/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Chagas Disease/epidemiology/veterinary	en_US
dc.subject	Mammals/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Procyonidae/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Rodentia/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Trypanosoma cruzi/classification/isolation & purification	en_US
dc.subject	Trypanosomatina/classification/isolation & purification	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi and Other Trypanosomatids in Frequently-Hunted Wild Mammals from the Peruvian Amazon	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645