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, Michele Adams, Lauren R. Lock, Molly C. Simonis, Kristin E. Dyer, Amanda Vicente-Santos, M. Brock Fenton, Nancy B. Simmons, Daniel J. Becker, Nicole L. Achee

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10.1371/journal.pntd.0013851
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2026-07-23
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013851,
  title = {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},
  author = {Elissa G. Torgerson and Michele Adams and Lauren R. Lock and Molly C. Simonis and Kristin E. Dyer and Amanda Vicente-Santos and M. Brock Fenton and Nancy B. Simmons and Daniel J. Becker and Nicole L. Achee},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0013851},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013851}
}

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AU  - Daniel J. Becker
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Torgerson, E. G., Adams, M., Lock, L. R., Simonis, M. C., Dyer, K. E., Vicente-Santos, A., Fenton, M. B., Simmons, N. B., Becker, D. J., & Achee, N. L. (2026). 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. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013851

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