Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites infecting dogs in southern Louisiana sheds light on parasite transmission cycles and serological diagnostic performance

• Eric Dumonteil ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: edumonte@tulane.edu

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-0209

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• Ardem Elmayan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-9736

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• Alicia Majeau,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Weihong Tu,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Brandy Duhon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Preston Marx,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Wendy Wolfson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-0903

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• Garry Balsamo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section, Office of Public Health, Department of Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Claudia Herrera

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-4201

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