Lizards as Silent Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi
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Date
2022-06
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Botto-Mahan, Carezza
Correa, Juana P.
Araya-Donoso, Raúl
Farías, Francisca
San Juan, Esteban
Quiroga, Nicol
Campos-Soto, Ricardo
Reyes-Olivares, Claudio
González-Acuña, Daniel
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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.