title: Canine schistosomiasis In North America: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution.
abstract: Heterobilharzia americana, a digenean trematode in the family Schistosomatidae, is the etiologic agent of canine schistosomiasis in the southeastern United States. A few cases of canine schistosomiasis have been reported in Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and, recently, Kansas. The natural definitive host for the fluke is the raccoon; however, infections have been detected in nutrias, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, red wolves, red wolf-coyote crosses, Brazilian tapirs, minks, and beavers.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma State University, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D015995:Prevalence; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology