Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas

Chagas disease, an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is increasingly diagnosed among humans in the southern United States. We assessed exposure of shelter dogs in Texas to T. cruzi; seroprevalence across diverse ecoregions was 8.8%. Canine serosurveillance is a useful tool for public he...

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Autores principales: Tenney, Trevor D., Curtis-Robles, Rachel, Snowden, Karen F., Hamer, Sarah A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25062281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.131843
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Sumario:Chagas disease, an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is increasingly diagnosed among humans in the southern United States. We assessed exposure of shelter dogs in Texas to T. cruzi; seroprevalence across diverse ecoregions was 8.8%. Canine serosurveillance is a useful tool for public health risk assessment.

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