Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a dog in a non-endemic area: implications for one health

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
13
Article ID: 
26739
3 pages
Research Article

Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a dog in a non-endemic area: implications for one health

Andrade, W.W.A; Meireles, M.V.N.; Zepelini, R; Lorena, V.M.B; Silva, R.P., Maia, C.S. and Alves, L.C

Abstract: 

The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease also known as American trypanosomiasis, a vector-borne zoonosis widely dispersed across 21 countries in the Americas that can be transmitted to humans, wild and domestic animals mostly through the infected faeces of the blood-sucking triatomine insects. The role of dogs as sentinels or domestic reservoir for T. cruzi has been reported around the world. This study reports for the first time a natural infection by T. cruzi in a dog in Northeastern Brazil, and draws attention to the importance of dogs in the epidemiology of this disease within the context of One Health.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.26739.06.2023
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