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

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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.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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


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