Table 8 Trypanosoma cruzi natural infection in free-living wild mammals of Brazilian biomes: mammalian taxa that present the highest competencies for infection as expressed by positive blood cultures
From: Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the wild and its most important reservoir hosts in Brazil
Order | Genus | Biome | No. of specimens | HC(+)/ specimens tested (%) | IFAT(+)/ specimens tested (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Didelphimorphia | Didelphis | Amazon Forest | 64 | 24 (37) | 45 (70) | 0.0001 |
Philander | 68 | 24 (35) | 50 (73) | <0.0001 | ||
Didelphis | Atlantic Forest | 410 | 77 (19) | 111 (27) | 0.004 | |
Philander | 106 | 22 (20) | 15 (14) | 0.2776 | ||
Didelphis | Caatinga | 134 | 49 (36) | 71 (53) | 0.0099 | |
Didelphis | Cerrado | 118 | 9 (8) | 34 (29) | <0.0001 | |
Primates | Leontopithecus | Atlantic Forest | 374 | 91 (24) | 205 (55) | <0.0001 |
Sapajus | Amazon Forest | 46 | 25 (54) | 10 (22) | 0.0026 | |
Alouatta | 11 | 3 (27) | 8 (73) | 0.0881 | ||
Carnivora | Nasua | Pantanal | 230 | 76 (33) | 77 (33) | 0.9212 |