Survey of Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in Gray and Red Fox Populations From North Carolina and Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorRosypal, A. C.en
dc.contributor.authorTripp, S.en
dc.contributor.authorLewis, S.en
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, J.en
dc.contributor.authorStoskopf, M. K.en
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, R. S.en
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, David S.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.coverage.stateNorth Carolinaen
dc.date.accessed2014-06-16en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T14:13:23Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-20T14:13:23Zen
dc.date.issued2010-12en
dc.description.abstractAmerican trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis are caused by related hemoflagellate parasites, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp., which share several common host species. Both zoonotic protozoans are endemic in the United States. Canines, including domestic and wild canids, are reservoir hosts for human infections with T cruzi and Leishmania spp. The present study examined the seroprevalence of T. cruzi and Leishmania spp. in wild canids from North Carolina and Virginia. Wild canine species tested in this work included 49 gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and 5 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Overall, sera samples from 54 foxes (North Carolina = 43; Virginia = 11) were tested by immunochromatographic strip assays (ICT). Antibodies to T cruzi were found in 4 (9%) gray foxes from North Carolina and 2 (18%) gray foxes from Virginia. Antibodies to Leishmania spp. were detected in 1 (2%) gray fox from North Carolina. Our results indicate that wild canids are exposed more frequently to T cruzi in North Carolina than Leishmania spp. and only T cruzi in Virginia.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSmith Institute for Applied Research Center for Excellence in Homeland Securityen
dc.description.sponsorshipNorth Carolina Wildlife Resources Commissionen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheriesen
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dc.identifier.citationAlexa C. Rosypal, Shanesha Tripp, Samantha Lewis, Joy Francis, Michael K. Stoskopf, R. Scott Larsen, and David S. Lindsay (2010). "Survey of Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in Gray and Red Fox Populations From North Carolina and Virginia," Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 96, No. 6, pp. 1230-1231. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-2600.1en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1645/ge-2600.1en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3395en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49088en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-2600.1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Parasitologyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcanine visceral leishmaniasisen
dc.subjectunited-statesen
dc.subjectwild raccoonsen
dc.subjectantigenen
dc.subjecttexasen
dc.subjectparasitologyen
dc.titleSurvey of Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in Gray and Red Fox Populations From North Carolina and Virginiaen
dc.title.serialJournal of Parasitologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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