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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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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author Tenney, Trevor D.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-41111622014-08-05 Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas Tenney, Trevor D. Curtis-Robles, Rachel Snowden, Karen F. Hamer, Sarah A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4111162/ /pubmed/25062281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.131843 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_full Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas
title_fullStr Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas
title_full_unstemmed Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas
title_short Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas
title_sort shelter dogs as sentinels for trypanosoma cruzi transmission across texas
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25062281
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