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Oral transmission of the parasite occurs through consumption of contaminated food or infected triatomines and may depend on the degree to which T. cruzi survives in triatomine abdomens. Dead triatomines may be abundant in areas with insecticide use, such as dog kennels where animals may encounter them. We attempted to culture T. cruzi from the gut material of 108 triatomines collected near dog kennels\u201414 found alive and 94 found dead\u2014and also tested for T. cruzi DNA and discrete typing units using PCR. In total, 30 (27.8%) tested positive for T. cruzi using PCR, 5 alive (35.7%) and 25 dead (26.6%), with no difference in infection between insects found alive versus dead (P-value\u2005=\u20050.53) and more PCR positives identified in dead triatomines with intact gut contents than in dead desiccated triatomines (P-value\u2005=\u20050.049). One Paratriatoma lecticularia (St\u00e5l, 1859) that was found dead (1.1%, n\u2005=\u200594) had T. cruzi growth in culture. Given the use of bleach for external decontamination of triatomines as well as the level of bacterial and fungal contamination of cultures, both of which may have impacted the growth of T. cruzi, the apparent prevalence of viable parasites in this study should be interpreted as a conservative estimate. 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