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Table 5 Trypanosoma cruzi natural infection in free-living wild mammals from the Cerrado biome: taxonomic identification of the examined mammals, results of hemocultures, indirect immunofluorescence tests (IFAT), and characterization of parasites. In the case of insufficient blood for hemocultures and serological tests, we prioritized the blood cultures

From: Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the wild and its most important reservoir hosts in Brazil

Order

Genus

Species

No. of genera (%)a

No. of specimens

HC(+)/ specimens tested (%)

IFAT(+)/ specimens tested (%)

DTU (n)

Artiodactyla

Pecari

Pecari tajacu

1

1

0

0

 

Carnivora

Cerdocyon

Cerdocyon thous

59

59

0

22 (37)

 

Chrysocyon

Chrysocyon brachyurus

91

91

0

6 (6)

 

Conepatus

Conepatus semistriatus

2

2

0

nd

 

Eira

Eira barbara

5

5

0

nd

 

Leopardus

Leopardus pardalis

2/3 (67)

3

2 (67)

1 (33)

TcI (2)

Lontra

Lontra longicaudis

1

1

0

nd

 

Lutra

Lutra longicaudis

1

1

0

nd

 

Nasua

Nasua nasua

3

3

0

nd

 

Puma

Puma concolor

2

2

0

2 (100)

 

Pseudalopex

Pseudalopex vetulus

3/74 (4)

48

2 (4)

22 (46)

TcIII (2);

Cingulata

Cabassous

Cabassous unicinctus

2

2

0

nd

 

Dasypus

Dasypus novemcinctus

2

2

0

nd

 

Euphractus

Euphractus sexcinctus

5

5

0

nd

 

Didelphimorphia

Caluromys

Caluromys philander

1/10 (10)

10

1 (10)

0

TcI (1)

Chironectes

Chironectes minimus

4

4

0

0

 

Cryptonanus

Cryptonanus agricolai

3

3

0

0

 

Didelphis

Didelphis albiventris

9/118 (7)

104

9 (9)

30 (29)

TcI (4)

Didelphis sp.

 

14

0

4 (29)

 

Gracilinanus

Gracilinanus agilis

10/191 (5)

92

2 (2)

5 (5)

TcI (2)

Gracilinanus sp.

 

99

8 (8)

14 (14)

TcI (4); TcI+TcIII/TcIV (3); TcI+TcIV (1)

Lutreolina

Lutreolina crassicaudata

1

1

0

0

 

Marmosa

Marmosa murina

59

38

0

1 (4)

 

Marmosa sp.

 

21

0

0

 

Micoureus

Micoureus demerarae

2/11 (18)

3

0

0

 

Micoureus travassosi

 

4

2 (50)

3 (75)

TcI (2)

Micoureus sp.

 

4

0

0

 

Monodelphis

Monodelphis cf. americana

4/121 (3)

1

0

0

 

Monodelphis domestica

 

93

2 (2)

1 (1)

TcIII (1)

Monodelphis kunsi

 

2

0

0

 

Monodelphis sorex

 

1

0

0

 

Monodelphis sp.

 

24

2 (8)

0

TcI (2)

Philander

Philander sp.

2

2

0

1 (50)

 

Thylamys

Thylamys sp.

2

2

0

0

 

Pilosa

Myrmecophaga

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

3

3

0

nd

 

Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

2

2

0

nd

 

Primates

Alouatta

Alouatta caraya

5

5

0

1 (20)

 

Callithrix

Callithrix penicillata

3

3

0

1 (33)

 

Cebus

Cebus apella

35

33

0

9 (27)

 

Cebus sp.

 

2

0

1 (50)

 

Rodentia

Akodon

Akodon montensis

2/51 (4)

1

0

0

 

Akodon sp.

 

50

2 (4)

0

TcI (2)

Brucepattersonius

Brucepattersonius sp.

8

8

0

0

 

Calomys

Calomys expulsus

3/286 (1)

51

0

0

 

Calomys tener

 

39

1 (3)

1 (3)

TcI (1)

Calomys sp.

 

196

2 (1)

6 (3)

TcI (2)

Cerradomys

Cerradomys maracajuensis

1/28 (3)

5

0

0

 

Cerradomys marinhus

 

9

0

1 (11)

 

Cerradomys megacephalus

 

1

0

0

 

Cerradomys scotti

 

6

0

0

 

Cerradomys subflavus

 

7

1 (14)

0

TcI (1)

Cerradomys sp.

 

27

2 (7)

1 (4)

TcI (2)

Dasyprocta

Dasyprocta azarae

3

2

0

nd

 

Dasyprocta sp.

 

1

0

nd

 

Hydrochoerus

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

2

2

0

0

 

Hylaeamys

Hylaeamys megacephalus

3/108 (3)

51

3 (6)

3 (6)

nd

Hylaeamys sp.

 

57

0

0

 

Juliomys

Juliomys sp.

1

1

0

0

 

Mus

Mus musculus

1

1

0

0

 

Necromys

Necromys lasiurus

171

166

0

1 (0.6)

 

Necromys sp.

 

5

0

2 (40)

 

Nectomys

Nectomys rattus

45

28

0

7 (25)

 

Nectomys squamipes

 

3

0

0

 

Nectomys sp.

 

13

0

0

 

Oecomys

Oecomys bicolor

2/94 (2)

27

2 (7)

0

 

Oecomys concolor

 

10

0

0

 

Oecomys sp.

 

57

0

3 (5)

 

Oligoryzomys

Oligoryzomys fornesi

2/175 (1)

16

0

0

 

Oligoryzomys moojeni

 

3

0

0

 

Oligoryzomys nigripes

 

8

0

0

 

Oligoryzomys sp.

 

148

2 (1)

3 (2)

TcII (1)

Oryzomys

Oryzomys subflavus

42

1

0

0

 

Oryzomys megacephalus

 

15

0

4 (27)

 

Oryzomys scotti

 

2

0

1 (50)

 

Oryzomys sp.

 

24

0

3 (13)

 

Oxymycterus

Oxymycterus sp.

9

9

0

1 (11)

 

Proechimys

Proechimys roberti

42

25

0

1 (4)

 

Proechimys sp.

 

17

0

2 (12)

 

Rattus

Rattus norvegicus

1/15 (7)

2

0

0

 

Rattus rattus

 

13

1 (8)

7 (54)

nd

Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys cf. mastacalis

1/26 (4)

9

0

0

 

Rhipidomys macrurus

 

2

0

0

 

Rhipidomys sp.

 

15

1 (7)

5 (33)

nd

Sooretamys

Sooretamys sp.

1

1

0

0

 

Sphiggurus

Sphiggurus sp.

1

1

0

0

 

Thrichomys

Thrichomys aff. inermis

41

7

0

2 (29)

 

Thrichomys apereoides

 

2

0

0

 

Thrichomys sp.

 

32

0

9 (28)

 

Wiedomys

Wiedomys sp.

2

2

0

0

 

Total: 7

52

  

1973

47/1973 (2)

191/1838 (10)

P <0.0001

  1. aNumber of genera with infected species/number of genera examined
  2. Abbreviations: HC(+), number of specimens with positive hemocultures; IFAT(+), number of specimens with positive IFAT test; DTU, Discrete Typing Units; n, number of isolates; nd, not done