title: Acute Chagas' cardiopathy in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Guadalajara, Mexico.
abstract: We report a 24-year-old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) who contracted Chagas' infection at the Guadalajara Zoo, in Jalisco, México, and died of acute Chagas' carditis 15 days later. The histopathological findings are described, as well as the presence of triatomids (Triatoma longipennis Usinger) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi collected within 5 meters from the place where the animal lived in the city of Guadalajara.
authors.affiliation: Zoológico Guadalajara, Departamento de Patología Animal del Cuba, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaime-Andrade
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avila-Figueroa
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lozano-Kasten
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hernández-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magallón-Gastélum
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kasten-Monges
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D008800:Mexico; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001503:Ursidae / Q000469:parasitology