Post Mortem Diagnosis of Canine Trypanosomiasis Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction
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| Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | texto |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Description: | This study aimed to detect Trypanosoma cruzi kDNA from paraffin-embedded cardiac tissue in eighteen dogs with myocarditis which presented sudden death and /or signs suggestive of canine trypanosomiasis. The PCR was positive in 7 dogs with myocarditis and amastigotes of T. cruzi and in 11 dogs with myocarditis but with no evidence of parasites. Clinical and pathological findings in these canines are described. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/15766 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/15766 |
| Keyword: | Trypanosoma cruzi dogs histopathology PCR perros histopatología cães histopatologia |