Shelter Dogs As Sentinels for Trypanosoma Cruzi Transmission Across Texas

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Jul 26

PMID 25062281

Citations 48

Authors

Trevor D Tenney

Rachel Curtis-Robles

Karen F Snowden

Sarah A Hamer

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Abstract

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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