1. Molecular and serological rapid tests as markers of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs in Costa Rica.
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Lizundia, Regina, Picado, Albert, Cordero, Marlen, Calderón, Alejandra, Deborggraeve, Stijn, Montenegro, Victor M., and Urbina, Andrea
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CHAGAS' disease , *DOGS as carriers of disease , *ZOONOSES , *TRYPANOSOMA cruzi , *DIAGNOSIS of dog diseases , *DOG parasites , *RAPID methods (Microbiology) , *PUBLIC health - Abstract
Introduction: Chagas disease is a zoonotic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and dogs are one of the main domestic reservoirs. Materials and Methods: One molecular (OligoC-TesT, Coris Bioconcept) and one serological (T. cruzi-Detect, Inbios) rapid tests were evaluated as infection markers for T. cruzi in 102 dogs living in eight villages endemic for Chagas in Costa Rica. Results: T. cruzi-Detect performed well as screening tool with 23.3% positive samples. The large number of invalid results (66.7%) observed in samples tested with OligoC-TesT precluded assessing the use of this new method as epidemiological tool to detect T. cruzi infection in dogs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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