Reservorios animales de la nfección con Trypanosoma Cruzi aisladas de pacientes agudos de la enfermedad de Chagas / Annual Reports 1992 / Animal reservoirs for Trypanosoma Cruzi infection in an endemic area in Paraguay

ABSTRACT

Animal reservoirs for Trypanosoma Cruzi infection were investigated in 5 communities in the Departament of San Pedro, currently one of Paraguayïs most hihly endemic areas. A total of 112 domestic animals(37 cattle, 2 horses, 1 ass, 20 pigs, 44 dogs and 8 cats) and 4 wild animals (1 white-eared opossum, 2 yellows armadillos and 1 common long nosed armadillo) were examined. Although trypomastigotes were not found by 2 direct observations, the microhaematocrit method or on giemsa stained thick and thin smears, flegellate parasite morphologically identical to T. Cruzi were detected in the liver infusion tryptose (LIT) medium from a single sample taken from a yellow armadillo