title: First case of natural infection in pigs. Review of Trypanosoma cruzi reservoirs in Mexico.
abstract: An epidemiological research project was performed in the State of Morelos including collection of samples for blood smears and culture, serological tests, and xenodiagnoses from a total of 76 domestic and peridomestic mammals. Two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were isolated by haemocultures; one from a pig (Sus scrofa), the first case of natural infection reported in Mexico, and the other from a dog (Canis familiaris). This study summarizes current information in Mexico concerning confirmed reservoirs of T. cruzi.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico, D.F. pazmar@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Salazar-Schettino
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bucio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bautista
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D008800:Mexico; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission