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Viable\n                    <jats:italic>T. cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                    inside dead triatomines presents a potential veterinary health concern to animals that may eat insects, especially if insecticides create an abundance of dead insects in the immediate proximity of a host species. In the present study,\n                    <jats:italic>Triatoma gerstaeckeri<\/jats:italic>\n                    were experimentally infected with\n                    <jats:italic>T. cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                    and then decapitated; subsequently, their carcasses were subjected to ambient laboratory conditions for intervals of up to 14 days, with feces and gut contents inoculated into culture. Viable parasites were detected throughout a period of 10 days but not thereafter, and the proportion of culture-positive dead triatomines decreased after 6 days (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.001) compared to 0 days. The odds of parasite viability decreased with the presence of bacterial or fungal growth (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.001) and at higher cycle threshold values of fecal spots (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.008). Dead triatomines may pose a\n                    <jats:italic>T. cruzi<\/jats:italic>\n                    transmission risk if ingested by animals.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.25-0370","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,28]],"date-time":"2025-10-28T16:48:13Z","timestamp":1761670093000},"page":"1213-1216","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Survival of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dead Triatoma gerstaeckeri Under Laboratory Conditions"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Keswick C.","family":"Killets","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kaitlyn M.","family":"Perez-Rasc\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, 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