Neotropical bats as sentinels for emerging zoonoses in Central America: A case study identifying Trypanosoma cruzi in bats from Belize using metagenomic next-generation sequencing

• Elissa G. Torgerson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

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• Michele Adams,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

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• Lauren R. Lock,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Molly C. Simonis,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, and College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Kristin E. Dyer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Amanda Vicente-Santos,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• M. Brock Fenton,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Nancy B. Simmons,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Daniel J. Becker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Nicole L. Achee

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nachee@nd.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6939-2055

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