Natural infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in bats captured in Campeche and Yucatán, México

Introduction: Bats have been reported as hosts of the Trypanosoma cruzi protozoan, etiologic agent American trypanosomiasis, an endemic zoonotic disease in México.Objective: To describe T. infection bats from states Campeche and Yucatán, México.Materials methods: Captures were made March to November, 2017, at three sites Yucatán one Campeche. Up four mist nets on two consecutive nights used for capture. The bats’ species identified euthanasia was performed collect kidney heart samples total DNA extraction. detected by conventional PCR with amplification a fragment belonging nuclear.Results: Eighty-six five families (Vespertilionidae, Noctilionidae, Mormoopidae, Phyllostomidae, Molossidae) 13 (Rhogeessa aeneus, Noctilio leporinus, Pteronotus davyi, P. parnellii, Artibeus jamaicensis, A. lituratus, phaeotis, Glossophaga soricina, Carollia sowelli, Chiroderma villosum, Uroderma bilobatum, Sturnira parvidens, Molossus rufus) captured. Infection frequency 30,2% (26/86) only renal tissue. infected G. S. C. R. aeneus.Conclusions: Our results confirmed participation several bat transmission cycle region. Further studies are necessary establish importance these animals cruzi.