Identification of the parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, in multiple tissues of epidemiological significance in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana): Implications for environmental and vertical transmission routes

• Carson W. Torhorst,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Zoe S. White,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Chanakya R. Bhosale,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Norman L. Beatty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Samantha M. Wisely

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wisely@ufl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-4518

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