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

被引：23

作者：

Rosypal, Alexa C.

Tidwell, Richard R.

Lindsay, David S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Virginia Tech, Virginia Maryland Reg Coll Vet Med, Dept Biomed Sci & Pathobiol, Ctr Mol Med & Infect Dis, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

[2] Univ N Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY | 2007年 / 93卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1645/GE-1057R.1

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Wild 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.

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页码：955 / 957

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