Domestic dogs and cats as sources of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural northwestern Argentina

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-82

  Gurtler R E ^a   Cecere, M C ^a   Lauricella, M A ^b   Cardinal, M V ^a   Kitron, U ^c   Cohen, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Chagas disease; Dogs; Host feeding; Incidence; Infectiousness; Surveillance; Triatoma infestans; Triatomine bugs; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CAT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST RANGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33845382673     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001259     Document Type: Article

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