Factors associated with trypanosoma cruzi exposure among domestic canines in Tennessee

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-551

  Rowland, Meghan E ^a   Maloney, Jenny ^a,b   Cohen, Sara ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^c   Huang, Junjun ^a   Kranz, Melissa ^a   Green, Alice ^a   Dunn, John R ^a   Carpenter, L Rand ^a   Jones, Timothy F ^a   Moncayo, Abelardo C ^a  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; LAND COVER; PROTOZOAN; SERUM;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TENNESSEE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77953825932     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2299.1     Document Type: Article

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