Prophylactic low-dose, bi-weekly benznidazole treatment fails to prevent Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs under intense transmission pressure.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Juan M Bustamante (लेखक), Angel M Padilla (लेखक), Brooke White (लेखक), Lisa D Auckland (लेखक), Rachel E Busselman (लेखक), Stephanie Collins (लेखक), Elizabeth L Malcolm (लेखक), Briana F Wilson (लेखक), Ashley B Saunders (लेखक), Sarah A Hamer (लेखक), Rick L Tarleton (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Trypanosoma cruzi naturally infects a wide variety of wild and domesticated mammals, in addition to humans. Depending on the infection dose and other factors, the acute infection can be life-threatening, and in all cases, the risk of chagasic heart disease is high in persistently infected hosts. Dom...