Table 6 Trypanosoma cruzi natural infection in free-living wild mammals from the Pampa biome: taxonomic identification of the examined mammals and indirect immunofluorescence tests (IFAT)
From: Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the wild and its most important reservoir hosts in Brazil
Order | Genus | Species | No. of genera (%) | No. of specimens | IFAT(+)/ specimens tested (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carnivora | Cerdocyon | Cerdocyon thous | 2 | 2 | 1 (50) |
Leopardus | Leopardus geoffroyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Pseudalopex | Pseudalopex gymnocercus | 4 | 4 | 3 (75) | |
Didelphimorphia | Didelphis | Didelphis albiventris | 26 | 26 | 8 (31) |
Primates | Alouatta | Alouatta sp. | 2 | 2 | nd |
Rodentia | Akodon | Akodon sp. | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mus | Mus musculus | 40 | 40 | 0 | |
Rattus | Rattus rattus | 2 | 1 | 1 (100) | |
Scapteromys | Scapteromys aquaticus | 28 | 28 | 2 (7) | |
Sooretamys | Sooretamys angouya | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 8 | 108 | 15/106 (14) |