| vector-borne transmission of trypanosoma cruzi among captive neotropical primates in a brazilian zoo. | neotropical primates are important sylvatic hosts of trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of chagas disease. infection is often subclinical, but severe disease has been described in both free-ranging and captive primates. panstrongylus megistus, a major t. cruzi vector, was found infesting a small-primate unit at brasília zoo (zoob), brazil. zoob lies close to a gallery-forest patch where t. cruzi circulates naturally. here, we combine parasitological and molecular methods to investigate a f ... | 2016 | 26813657 |