Enfermedad de chagas en perros : una revisión
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Peña Sánchez, Alexandra | 2019
Chagas disease or american trypanosomiasis, caused by the flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted mainly in a vectorial way by triatomines, is a zoonotic endemic disease and a public health problem in Colombia, which is one of the countries with the highest rates of acute annual cases, leading to labor inhability, reduced life expectancy and huge economic expenses. It is important to study this disease in dogs due to the epidemiological role they perform, being the closest reservoir to human, and considered 14 times more effective than humans at propagating the disease. Though recent studies in Colombian dogs show elevated prevalences in endemic areas, this disease is still not frequently included as a differential diagnostic by veterinarians. Therefore, the necessity of spreading information on the subject and the proper preparation of veterinarians in this area must be considered as a priority. This bibliographic review attempts to offer a significant and updated informative contribution about the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of Chagas disease in dogs and its current situation in Colombia, as well as demonstrating where research advances should be directed. Emphasizing the necessity of creating, developing and implementing preventive strategies as essential tools for the eradication of Chagas disease, mainly based on vigilance, control and elimination of triatomines as biological vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi
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