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SUBMITTER: Bergner LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8569697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bergner Laura M LM Becker Daniel J DJ Tello Carlos C Carrera Jorge E JE Streicker Daniel G DG
Zoonoses and public health 20210123 3
Trypanosoma cruzi is widely reported in bats, yet transmission routes remain unclear. We present evidence from metagenomic sequence data that T. cruzi occurs in the saliva of diverse Neotropical bats. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the bat-associated T. cruzi sequences described here formed part of a bat-specific clade, suggesting an independent transmission cycle. Our results highlight the value in repurposing metagenomic data generated for viral discovery to reveal insights into the b ...[more]