“Mi Casa, Tu Casa”: the coati nest as a hub of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the southern Pantanal biome revealed by molecular blood meal source identification in triatomines

Abstract Background The study of the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi is challenging due to its extreme adaptive plasticity, resulting in the parasitism of hundreds of mammal species and dozens of triatomine species. The genetic analysis of blood meal sources (BMS) from the triatomine vector is an accur...

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Main Authors: Thaíla Santos Pessanha, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Ana Maria Jansen, Alena Mayo Iñiguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05616-w