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Origin of T. terrestris isolates

SP Sergio D. Pérez
JG Jared A. Grummer
RF Renata C. Fernandes-Santos
CJ Caroline Testa José
EM Emília Patrícia Medici
AM Arlei Marcili
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Trypanosoma terrestris isolates were obtained from blood samples of wild lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) from two different Brazilian biomes: Pantanal and Atlantic Forest. The Pantanal biome supports an abundance of wildlife and is the largest continuous freshwater wetland on earth (160,000 km2). Cattle ranching is the main economic activity in the region. This study was carried out on a private cattle ranch in the Nhecolândia subregion of the Pantanal, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (19°20′S, 55°43′W). This private ranch is one of the study sites of the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative (LTCI), a pioneering long-term tapir research and conservation program carried out by the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE) in Brazil.

A total of 31 trypanosome isolates were included in this study: 28 new isolates from lowland tapirs in the Pantanal biome and three isolates from the original description of Trypanosoma terrestris in the Atlantic Forest biome. Information about parasite isolates and their tapir hosts and geographical locations is presented in Additional file 1: Table S1 and Fig. 1.

Positive isolates of T. terrestris according to their biome of origin. Abbreviations: AM, Amazonia; CE, Cerrado; PA, Pantanal; AF, Atlantic Forest; P, Pampa; CA, Caatinga

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