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Diagnosis of chronic infection requires confirmation by multiple serological assays due to the imperfect performance of existing tests. Current serology tests were developed using small specimen sets predominantly from South America, and lower performance has been observed in patients who acquired infection in Central America and Mexico.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To improve Chagas disease serology, we evaluated antibody responses against the entire\n                      <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                      proteome with phage display immunoprecipitation sequencing and further evaluated high-prevalence antigens by immunoassay. We utilized specimen sets representing Mexico, Central America, and South America and varying cardiac disease presentations, from 185 cases and 143 controls.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We identified over 1,300 antigenic\n                      <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                      peptides. A trans-sialidase antigen demonstrated high seroprevalence across all regions and has not previously been described as a diagnostic target to our knowledge. Orthogonal validation of this peptide demonstrated increased antibody reactivity for infections originating from Central America.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study provides proteome-wide identification of seroreactive\n                      <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                      peptides across a range of endemic populations not previously represented in antigen discovery and identifies a trans-sialidase peptide antigen (TS23) with potential for translation into diagnostic serological assays.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>FUNDING<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, the Chan Zuckerberg 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