ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2015
Risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi exposure in domestic dogs from a rural community in Panama.
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- Technological advances in the serological diagnosis of Chagas disease in dogs and cats: a systematic review.Parasites & vectors · 2022Pooled it
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- Evaluation of four chimeric Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant antigens for serological diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease in dogs: a phase II study.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Evaluation of chimeric recombinant antigens for the serodiagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs: a promising tool for Chagas disease surveillance.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- The bibliometric landscape of infectious disease research in Panama (1990-2019).Dialogues in health · 2023Review
- Novel High-Throughput Multiplex qPCRs for the Detection of Canine Vector-Borne Pathogens in the Asia-Pacific.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Triatomine Feeding Profiles andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Landscape disturbance impacts on Attalea butyracea palm distribution in central Panama.International journal of health geographics · 2020Article
- Giardia Infection and Trypanosoma Cruzi Exposure in Dogs in the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua.EcoHealth · 2019Article
- Stray Dog Population in a City of Southern Mexico and Its Impact on the Contamination of Public Areas.Veterinary medicine international · 2018Article
- American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, in Panama: a chronological synopsis of ecological and epidemiological research.Parasites & vectors · 2017Review
- Seropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi in domestic dogs from Sonora, Mexico.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Article
- Modeling the effects of palm-house proximity on the theoretical risk of Chagas disease transmission in a rural locality of the Orinoco basin, Colombia.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
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Abstract
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, is a zoonosis of humans, wild and domestic mammals, including dogs. In Panama, the main T. cruzi vector is Rhodnius pallescens, a triatomine bug whose main natural habitat is the royal palm, Attalea butyracea. In this paper, we present results from three T. cruzi serological tests (immunochromatographic dipstick, indirect immunofluorescence and ELISA) performed in 51 dogs from 24 houses in Trinidad de Las Minas, western Panama. We found that nine dogs were seropositive (17.6% prevalence). Dogs were 1.6 times more likely to become T. cruzi seropositive with each year of age and 11.6 times if royal palms where present in the peridomiciliary area of the dog's household or its two nearest neighbours. Mouse-baited-adhesive traps were employed to evaluate 12 peridomestic royal palms. All palms were found infested with R. pallescens with an average of 25.50 triatomines captured per palm. Of 35 adult bugs analysed, 88.6% showed protozoa flagellates in their intestinal contents. In addition, dogs were five times more likely to be infected by the presence of an additional domestic animal species in the dog's peridomiciliary environment. Our results suggest that interventions focused on royal palms might reduce the exposure to T. cruzi infection.
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