Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco

A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and Ivamirapinta, Santa Cruz Department, n = 48 dog...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gabrielli, Simona, Spinicci, Michele, Macchioni, Fabio, Rojo, David, Totino, Valentina, Rojas, Patricia, Roselli, Mimmo, Gamboa, Herlan, Cancrini, Gabriella, Bartoloni, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3247-0
_version_ 1783380348666642432
author Gabrielli, Simona
Spinicci, Michele
Macchioni, Fabio
Rojo, David
Totino, Valentina
Rojas, Patricia
Roselli, Mimmo
Gamboa, Herlan
Cancrini, Gabriella
Bartoloni, Alessandro
author_facet Gabrielli, Simona
Spinicci, Michele
Macchioni, Fabio
Rojo, David
Totino, Valentina
Rojas, Patricia
Roselli, Mimmo
Gamboa, Herlan
Cancrini, Gabriella
Bartoloni, Alessandro
author_sort Gabrielli, Simona
collection PubMed
description A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and Ivamirapinta, Santa Cruz Department, n = 48 dogs). Giemsa-stained thick and thin smears, rapid immunochromatographic test (ICT) (Chagas Quick test, Cypress Diagnostic, Belgium) and polymerase chain reaction for T. cruzi on dried blood spots were performed. All smears proved negative by microscopic examination, whereas 23/103 (22%) were positive by ICT and 5/105 (5%) blood samples contained T. cruzi DNA, evidencing the potential role of dogs in the domestic transmission of the parasite.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6292100
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2018
publisher BioMed Central
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-62921002018-12-17 Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco Gabrielli, Simona Spinicci, Michele Macchioni, Fabio Rojo, David Totino, Valentina Rojas, Patricia Roselli, Mimmo Gamboa, Herlan Cancrini, Gabriella Bartoloni, Alessandro Parasit Vectors Letter to the Editor A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and Ivamirapinta, Santa Cruz Department, n = 48 dogs). Giemsa-stained thick and thin smears, rapid immunochromatographic test (ICT) (Chagas Quick test, Cypress Diagnostic, Belgium) and polymerase chain reaction for T. cruzi on dried blood spots were performed. All smears proved negative by microscopic examination, whereas 23/103 (22%) were positive by ICT and 5/105 (5%) blood samples contained T. cruzi DNA, evidencing the potential role of dogs in the domestic transmission of the parasite. BioMed Central 2018-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6292100/ /pubmed/30541629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3247-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Gabrielli, Simona
Spinicci, Michele
Macchioni, Fabio
Rojo, David
Totino, Valentina
Rojas, Patricia
Roselli, Mimmo
Gamboa, Herlan
Cancrini, Gabriella
Bartoloni, Alessandro
Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title_full Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title_fullStr Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title_full_unstemmed Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title_short Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco
title_sort canine trypanosoma cruzi infection in the bolivian chaco
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3247-0
work_keys_str_mv AT gabriellisimona caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT spiniccimichele caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT macchionifabio caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT rojodavid caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT totinovalentina caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT rojaspatricia caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT rosellimimmo caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT gamboaherlan caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT cancrinigabriella caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco
AT bartolonialessandro caninetrypanosomacruziinfectioninthebolivianchaco

Ejemplares similares