| the role of sigmodontine rodents as sylvatic hosts of trypanosoma cruzi in the argentinean chaco. | the role of rodents in the sylvatic transmission of trypanosoma cruzi has seldom been investigated using parasitological and molecular methods. we assessed the occurrence of t. cruzi in wild small rodents from pampa del indio, in the argentinean chaco, and identified the taxonomic status of positive rodents by sequencing a fragment of cytochrome b gene (cytb) and performing blast searches and phylogenetic analyses. a total of 176 sigmodontinae rodents was captured in six surveys using 5425 trap- ... | 2014 | 24394448 |