Acute Chagas' cardiopathy in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Guadalajara, Mexico
Document title: Acute Chagas' cardiopathy in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Guadalajara, Mexico
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000281801
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidad de Guadalajara, Departamento de Patología Animal, Guadalajara, Jalisco. México
2Faculdade de Medicina do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Season: Jul-Ago
Volumen: 30
Number: 4
Pages: 337-340
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract We report a 24 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) who contracted Chagas' infection at the Guadalajara Zoo, in Jalisco, México, and died of acute Chagas' carditis 15 days later. The histopathological findings are described, as well as the presence of triatomines (Triatoma longipennis Usinger) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi collected within 5 meters from the place where the animal lived in the city of Guadalajara
Portuguese abstract Relatamos o caso de uma ursa polar (Ursus maritimus) de 24 anos de idade, que contraiu a infecção chagásica no Zoológico de Guadalajara, em Jalisco, no México, e morreu de cardite chagásica aguda 15 dias após o início da sintomatologia. Os achados histopatológicos são descritos, bem como a presença de triatomíneos (Triatoma longipennis Usinger) infectados por Trypanosoma cruzi coletados a 5 metros do local onde o animal vivia, na cidade de Guadalajara
Disciplines: Biología,
Medicina
Keyword: Parasitología,
Zoología,
Sistema cardiovascular,
Cardiopatías,
Ursus maritimus,
Tripanosomiasis americana,
Triatoma longipennis,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Guadalajara,
México
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Parasitology,
Zoology,
Cardiovascular system,
Cardiopathies,
Ursus maritimus,
American trypanosomiasis,
Triatoma longipennis,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Guadalajara,
Mexico
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