Prevalence of trypanosome infections in dogs from Chagas disease endemic regions in Panama, Central America

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 360-363

  Pineda, V ^a   Saldana A ^a,b   Monfante, I ^b   Santamaria A ^a   Gottdenker, N L ^c   Yabsley, M J ^c   Rapoport, G ^c   Calzada, J E ^a,b  

^a ICGES   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Dogs; Panama; Rhodnius pallescens; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PALLESCENS; RURAL POPULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RHODNIUS PALLESCENS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 79956261974     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.12.043     Document Type: Article

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