SEROLOGIC SURVEY OF ANTIBODIES TOTRYPANOSOMA CRUZIIN COYOTES AND RED FOXES FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND TENNESSEE

• DOI: 10.1638/2014-0117.1
• Publication Date: 2014-12-31T19:18:22Z
• Authors: Alexa C. Rosypal; Trynecia Smith; Andrew Alexander; Melanie Weaver; Richard Stewart; Allan Houston; Richard Gerhold; Kyle Van Why; Jitender P. Dubey
• Keywords: Chagas Disease; Xenodiagnosis

Trypanosoma cruzi is a zoonotic parasite of humans and other mammalian hosts with distribution throughout the Americas. Domestic wild canine species are reservoirs for human T. infections. The present study examined prevalence antibodies to in canids from United States. Sera 13 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) 263 coyotes (Canis latrans), originating Pennsylvania Tennessee, were assayed immunochromatographic tests. Antibodies found 2 276 (0.72%) all tested. Both cruzi-positive represented 21 (9.52%) Tennessee. not detected fox. Anti-T. any Pennsylvania. These results suggest that exposed Tennessee but