Salud Publica Mex
March 2023
Objective: To provide primary evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi landscape genetics in the Mexican Neotropics.
Materials And Methods: Trypanosoma cruzi and discrete typing units (DTU) prevalence were analyzed in landscape communities of vectors, wildlife, livestock, pets, and sympatric human populations using endpoint PCR and sequencing of all relevant amplicons from mitochondrial (kDNA) and nuclear (ME, 18S, 24Sα) gene markers.
Results: Although 98% of the infected sample-set (N=2 963) contained single or mixed infections of DTUI (TcI, 96.