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Lizards as Silent Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi.

ABSTRACT: We assessed 4 lizard species in Chile for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and 1 species for its ability to transmit the protozoan to uninfected kissing bugs. All lizard species were infected, and the tested species was capable of transmitting the protozoan, highlighting their role as T. cruzi reservoirs.

SUBMITTER: Botto-Mahan C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9155887 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lizards as Silent Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi.

Botto-Mahan Carezza C Correa Juana P JP Araya-Donoso Raúl R Farías Francisca F San Juan Esteban E Quiroga Nicol N Campos-Soto Ricardo R Reyes-Olivares Claudio C González-Acuña Daniel D

Emerging infectious diseases 20220601 6

We assessed 4 lizard species in Chile for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and 1 species for its ability to transmit the protozoan to uninfected kissing bugs. All lizard species were infected, and the tested species was capable of transmitting the protozoan, highlighting their role as T. cruzi reservoirs. ...[more]

PMID: 35608824

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