Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi BLASTn Results from Texas Bats

29 wild bat samples from El Paso, Texas were analyzed for two parasitic pathogens. The dataset contains E-values and percent identity scores from BLASTn sequence alignments used for molecular identification. It was authored by Juan C. Silva-Espinoza and shared on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Correlate bat species family with E-value and percent identity to identify host associations for Leishmania spp.
• Assess the genetic similarity of detected Trypanosoma cruzi strains by comparing percent identity values against reference sequences.
• Use E-value data to evaluate the statistical significance of sequence matches for each bat sample in the study.
• Analyze the distribution of positive samples across the 29 bats to estimate local infection prevalence.

Strengths

• Data includes specific alignment metrics (E-value, percent identity) for molecular identification.
• Focus on 29 wild bat samples provides a defined study cohort.
• Dataset is openly shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, limiting statistical power and generalizability.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single location (El Paso, Texas).
• Specific sample-level data columns and row counts are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

Juan C. Silva-Espinoza via figshare.

Collection Method

Molecular identification via PCR amplicons aligned with GenBank references using BLASTn.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

El Paso, Texas, USA.