Table 1.
Blood Smear, Hemoculture, and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Assay Results for Trypanosoma cruzi in 156 Mammals from Uvalde County, Texas
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Diagnostic assay No. positive/no. tested (%) |
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| Species | Blood smear | Hemoculture | PCR | Total infected (%) |
| Southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) n=104 |
3/56 (5) | 18/69 (26) | 23/104 (22) | 35/104 (34) |
| House mouse (Mus musculus) n=14 |
n.d.b | n.d. | 2/14 (14) | 2/14 (14) |
| White-ankled mouse (Peromyscus pectoralis laceianus) n=8 |
n.d. | n.d. | 0/8 (0) | 0/8 (0) |
| White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) n=1 |
n.d. | n.d. | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) |
| Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) n=2 |
n.d. | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 2/2 (100) |
| Black rat (Rattus rattus) n=1 |
n.d. | n.d. | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) |
| Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus) n=1 |
n.d. | n.d. | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) |
| Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) n=1 |
n.d. | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) |
| Raccoon (Procyon lotor) n=20 |
n.d. | 5/20 (25) | 11/20 (55) | 12/20 (60) |
| Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) n=4 |
n.d. | 3/4 (75) | 3/4 (75) | 3/4 (75) |
n.d., not done.