title: Shelter dogs as sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi transmission across Texas.
abstract: Chagas disease, an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is increasingly diagnosed among humans in the southern United States. We assessed exposure of shelter dogs in Texas to T. cruzi; seroprevalence across diverse ecoregions was 8.8%. Canine serosurveillance is a useful tool for public health risk assessment.
authors: Trevor D
authors: TD
authors: Tenney
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Curtis-Robles
authors: Karen F
authors: KF
authors: Snowden
authors: Sarah A
authors: SA
authors: Hamer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000662:veterinary*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Chagas disease; Texas, hematophagous triatomines, kissing bug, vectorborne, parasite, autochthonous, enzootic, parasites; Trypanosoma cruzi