Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi and other trypanosomatids in frequently-hunted wild mammals from the Peruvian Amazon

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Issue Date
2017
Author
Morales, E. Angelo
Mayor, Pedro
Bowler, Mark
Aysanoa, Esar
Pérez-Velez, Erika S.
Pérez, Jocelyn
Ventocilla, Julio A.
Baldeviano, G. Christian
Lescano, Andrés G.
Subject
PARASITES
ECOLOGY
AMAZONIA
PERU
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
MAMMALS
Journal title
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume
97
Issue
5
Begin page
1482
End page
1485

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DOI
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028
Alternative link
https://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028
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....
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/302
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Article
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