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. 2013 Jan;13(1):22–30. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0817

Table 3.

Serology Results for Trypanosoma cruzi in 156 Mammals from Uvalde County, Texas

 
Chagas Stat-Pak assay
IFAT
 
Species No. positive/no. tested (%) Total infected (%)
Southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
n=104
27/104 (26) 38/104 (37) 50/104 (48)
House mouse (Mus musculus)
n=14
2/14 (14) 0/14 (0) 2/14 (14)
White-ankled mouse (Peromyscus pectoralis laceianus)
n=8
2/8 (25) 0/8 (0) 2/8 (25)
White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
n=1
0/1 (0) 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0)
Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
n=2
0/2 (0) 0/2 (0) 0/2 (0)
Black rat (Rattus rattus)
n=1
0/1 (0) 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0)
Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus)
n=1
0/1 (0) 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0)
Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)
n=1
1/1 (100) 1/1 (100) 1/1 (100)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
n=20
13/20 (65) 18/20 (90) 18/20 (90)
Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
n=4
4/4 (100) 4/4 (100) 4/4 (100)

IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test.