{"id":"CONICETDig_5a2c0be0c66ddebe30b2b331df7bde1f","dc:title":"An\u00e1lisis molecular de Trypanosoma cruzi en muestras de corazones de Zaedyus pichiy","dc:creator":"Morales, Melisa Estefan\u00eda","dc:date":"2024","dc:description":["The transmission cycles of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, include a wide variety of mammals and haematophagous[MS1]\u00a0 triatomine insects. Infection with this blood parasite has been confirmed in many armadillo species; however, information on infection in Zaedyus pichiy, a small armadillo that inhabits areas endemic to Chagas disease, is scarce. Our objective was to determine the infection frequency and parasite load of T. cruzi in 49 wild Z. pichiy confiscated dead from poachers in Mendoza, Argentina, 2010-2017. We detected T. cruzi DNA in 32 of 49 armadillos (65%) using real-time PCR, confirming infection with T. cruzi in a high proportion of confiscated pichis. No differences were found related to sex, age, or ecoregion origin of the assessed pichis. Parasite loads ranged between <0.1-8[MS2]\u00a0.88 parasite-equivalents\/\u00b5g [MS3]\u00a0cardiac tissue. Additional studies on the infection status of Z. pichiy are needed to determine their role in the maintenance of the sylvatic transmission cycle and the potential zoonotic risk from hunted pichis."],"dc:format":["application\/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"],"dc:language":["spa"],"dc:type":"dataset","dc:rights":["info:eu-repo\/semantics\/restrictedAccess","Protecci\u00f3n de datos personales (Ley 25.326)"],"dc:relation":["info:eu-repo\/grantAgreement\/Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnolog\u00eda e Innovaci\u00f3n Productiva. Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica. Fondo para la Investigaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica\/PICT 2014-0496","info:eu-repo\/grantAgreement\/Fundacion Bunge y Born.\/PICT 2014-0496"],"dc:identifier":"https:\/\/repositoriosdigitales.mincyt.gob.ar\/vufind\/Record\/CONICETDig_5a2c0be0c66ddebe30b2b331df7bde1f"}