40 out of 110 South American coatis tested positive for trypanosomatid parasites via nested PCR. This 33.8 KB dataset, authored by André Luiz Rodrigues Roque and updated in April 2026, details infections by Leishmania infantum, L. amazonensis, T. cruzi, and other trypanosomatids in coatis from Campo Grande, Brazil.
Use Cases
- Analyze infection rates and parasite diversity in a key-host mammal species based on PCR positivity data.
- Study mixed infections and host-parasite interactions in urban forest fragments as described.
- Investigate the role of South American coatis in the epidemiology of Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease in Brazil.
Strengths
- Includes specific positivity rates: 36.4% via nPCR and 47.3% when combined with prior sequencing.
- Data is associated with a published research cohort of 110 individual animals.
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The 33.8 KB file size indicates a very limited data scope.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Samples from 110 coatis were submitted to nested PCR (SSU rRNA gene) and Sanger sequencing.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04 22 05:47:41; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Campo Grande, Brazilian Midwest; samples from two urban forest fragments.