TY - JOUR AU - Tenney, Trevor AU - Curtis-Robles, Rachel AU - Snowden, Karen AU - Hamer, Sarah T1 - Shelter Dogs as Sentinels for Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission across Texas T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 8 SP - 1323 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Chagas disease, an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is increasingly diagnosed among humans in the southern United States. We assessed exposure of shelter dogs in Texas to T. cruzi; seroprevalence across diverse ecoregions was 8.8%. Canine serosurveillance is a useful tool for public health risk assessment. KW - Chagas disease KW - Trypanosoma cruzi KW - Texas, hematophagous triatomines, kissing bug, vectorborne, parasite, autochthonous, enzootic, parasites KW - Texas DO - 10.3201/eid2008.131843 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/8/13-1843_article ER - End of Reference