Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs and cats and household seroactivity to T. Cruzi in a rual community in Northeast Brazil

dc.creatorMott, Kenneth E
dc.creatorMota, Eduardo A
dc.creatorSherlock, Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo
dc.creatorHoff, Rodney
dc.creatorMuniz, Tacito M
dc.creatorOliveira, Tome S
dc.creatorDraper, C. C.
dc.date2018-06-27T12:27:09Z
dc.date2018-06-27T12:27:09Z
dc.date1978
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:46:20Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:46:20Z
dc.identifierMOTT, K. E. et al. Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs and cats and household seroactivity to T. Cruzi in a rual community in Northeast Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 27, n. 6, p. 1123-1127, 1978
dc.identifier0002-9637
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/27142
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8883005
dc.descriptionWellcome Trust and its collaborative activities in Brazil are under the aegis of the Pan American Health Organization
dc.descriptionThe prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia as determined by xenodiagnosis on domestic dogs and cats was correlated with household rates of seroreactivity to T. cruzi and household Panstrongylus megistus infestation in a rural area in northeast Brazil where P. megistus was the only domiciliary triatomine vector. T. cruzi infection was present in about 18% of domestic dogs and cats. Two-thirds of seroactive children below age 10 resided in houses with T. cruzi-infected animals. In houses with a T. cruzi-infected dog or cat, as well as at least one infected P. megistus, the household rate of seroactivity to T. cruzi was five times greather than in houses with non-infected domestic animals and no infected triatomine vectors. Domestic dogs and cats are important reservoirs of T. cruzi in an endemic area where P. megiustus is the only domiciliary triatomine vector.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectInfecção
dc.subjectSoroconversão
dc.subjectPanstrongylus
dc.subjectTriatomíneos
dc.subjectAnimais
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectInfection
dc.subjectSeroactivity
dc.subjectPanstrongylus
dc.subjectTriatomine
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.titleTrypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs and cats and household seroactivity to T. Cruzi in a rual community in Northeast Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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