Prevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in wild canids from South Carolina

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dc.contributor.authorRosypal, A. C.en
dc.contributor.authorTidwell, R. R.en
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, David S.en
dc.date.accessed2014-06-16en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T14:13:19Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-20T14:13:19Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08en
dc.description.abstractWild canids are reservoir hosts for Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi.. The present study examined the prevalence of antibodies to these zoonotic parasites in a population of wild canids from a nonagricultural setting in South Carolina. Sera from 26 gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and 2 coyotes (Canis latrans) were examined for antibodies to L. infantum and T. cruzi using the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test and commercially available parasite-specific immunochromatigraphic strip assays. Antibodies to L. infantinn were not detected by either assay in gray foxes or coyotes. Two (8%) of 26 gray foxes were positive in both the T. cruzi immunofluorescent antibody and strip assays. Antibodies to T. cruzi were not detected in coyotes. Results from this study indicate that wild canids are exposed to T. cruzi, but not L. infantum. in this geographic region.en
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dc.identifier.citationAlexa C. Rosypal, Richard R. Tidwell, and David S. Lindsay (2007). "Prevalence of Antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in Wild Canids From South Carolina," Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 93, No. 4, pp. 955-957. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-1057R.1en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1645/ge-1057r.1en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3395en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49070en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-1057R.1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Parasitologyen
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dc.subjectvisceral leishmaniasisen
dc.subjectunited-statesen
dc.subjectraccoonsen
dc.subjectantigenen
dc.subjectgeorgiaen
dc.subjectparasitologyen
dc.titlePrevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in wild canids from South Carolinaen
dc.title.serialJournal of Parasitologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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