Javier Juárez-Gabriel, Daniela Alegría-Sánchez, Damaris Yáñez-Aguirre, Estefania Grostieta, Lucía Álvarez-Castillo, Marco Torres-Castro, Nidia Aréchiga-Ceballos, David A Moo-Llanes, Fernanda Moreira Alves, Carlos D Pérez-Brígido, Gabriela Aguilar-Tipacamú, Carlos A López González, Ingeborg Becker, Juan M Pech-Canché, Pablo Colunga-Salas, Sokani Sánchez-Montes
Bats are one of the groups of mammals with the highest number of associated Trypanosoma taxa. There are 50 Trypanosoma species and genotypes infecting more than 75 species of bats across five continents. However, in Mexico, the inventory of species of the genus Trypanosoma associated with bats is limited to only two species (Trypanosoma vespertilionis and Trypanosoma cruzi) even though 140 species of bats inhabit this country. Specifically, 91 bat species have been recorded in the state of Veracruz, but records of trypanosomatids associated with this mammalian group are absent...
December 27, 2023: Acta Tropica