The potential risk of enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi transmission inside four training and re-training military battalions (BITER) in Colombia

Table 1 Number of triatomines and mammals in four BITERs of Colombia between 2019 and 2020

BITER	Triatomine species									Didelphis marsupialis / Proechimys sp.^b
BITER	Rhodnius pallescens	Rhodnius prolixus	Triatoma dimidiata	Triatoma maculata	Tryanosoma cruzi/ infection	Tcl_Sylvatic^a	TcI_Dom^a	Mix	Not identified	Tryanosoma cruzi Infection	Tcl_Sylvatic^a	TcI_Dom^a	Mix	Not identified
BITER 5	81				55% (45/81)	40% (18/45)	2.2% (1/45)	8.8% (4/45)	48% (22/45)	85.7% (6/7)	50% (3/6)			50% (3/6)
BITER 10										0% (0/2)^b
BITER 16		2		1^b	100% (2/2)	100% (2/2)				50% (1/2)		100% (1/1)
BITER 17	1		1^b		100% (1/1)				100% (1/1)

^aTrypanosoma cruzi DTU I (TcI) genotypes: domestic (TcI_Dom) and sylvatic (TcI_Sylvatic)
^bAnimals without T. cruzi infection