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Table 2 Serology, hemoculture and PCR for Trypanosoma cruzi of small mammals captured to the north of RJ

From: Autochthonous transmission of Chagas disease in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: a clinical and eco-epidemiological study

Species

Captured

Positive IIF

Positive hemoculture

Genotype mini-exon PCR

% positive

Didelphis aurita

3

1

-

-

33.3

Philander frenatus

2

-

-

-

-

Akodon cursor

24

-

1

TcI

4.2

Nectomys squamipes

1

-

-

-

-

Oligoryzomys nigripes

2

-

-

-

-

Rattus rattus

2

1

-

-

50

Total

34

2

1

 

8.8

  1. IIF = indirect immunofluorescence, PCR = polymerase chain reaction, RJ = Rio de Janeiro State.