| prevalence of trypanosoma cruzi and other trypanosomatids in frequently-hunted wild mammals from the peruvian amazon. | to better understand the ecology of trypanosoma cruzi in the northeastern peruvian amazon, we evaluated the prevalence of t. cruzi and other trypanosomatids in four orders of wild mammals hunted and consumed by inhabitants of three remote indigenous communities in the peruvian amazon. of 300 wild mammals sampled, 115 (38.3%) were infected with trypanosomatids and 15 (5.0%) with t. cruzi. the prevalence of t. cruzi within each species was as follows: large rodents (cuniculus paca, 5.5%; dasyproct ... | 2017 | 29140234 |