Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas

Tenney, Trevor D.; Curtis-Robles, Rachel; Snowden, Karen F.; Hamer, Sarah A.

doi:10.3201/eid2008.131843

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Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas

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Aug 2014

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.131843 New Site Icon

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Emerg Infect Dis. 20(8):1323-1326.

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Tenney, Trevor D. ; Curtis-Robles, Rachel ; Snowden, Karen F. ; Hamer, Sarah A. ;

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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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