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

E. Angelo Morales; Pedro Mayor; Mark Bowler; Esar Aysanoa; Erika S. Pérez-Velez; Jocelyn Pérez; Julio A. Ventocilla; G. Christian Baldeviano; Andrés G. Lescano

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028

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

E. Angelo Morales, Pedro Mayor, Mark Bowler, Esar Aysanoa, Erika S. Pérez-Velez, Jocelyn Pérez, Julio A. Ventocilla, G. Christian Baldeviano, Andrés G. Lescano

Department of Animal Health and Anatomy

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Copyright © 2017 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 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. The prevalence of T. cruzi within each species was as follows: large rodents (Cuniculus paca, 5.5%; Dasyprocta spp., 2.6%), edentates (Dasypus novemcinctus, 4.2%), and carnivores with higher prevalence (Nasua nasua, 18.8%). The high prevalence of T. cruzi and other trypanosomatids in frequently hunted wild mammals suggests a sizeable T. cruzi sylvatic reservoir in remote Amazonian locations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1482-1485
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	97
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

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Morales, E. A., Mayor, P., Bowler, M., Aysanoa, E., Pérez-Velez, E. S., Pérez, J., Ventocilla, J. A., Baldeviano, G. C., & Lescano, A. G. (2017). Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi and other trypanosomatids in frequently-hunted wild mammals from the Peruvian Amazon. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(5), 1482-1485. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0028

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