Acute Chagas' cardiopathy in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Guadalajara, Mexico

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 longipen...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: J. Jaime-Andrade G., David Avila-Figueroa, Felipe J. Lozano-Kasten, René J. Hernández-Gutiérrez, Ezequiel Magallón-Gastélum, Marina J. Kasten-Monges, Edison Reis Lopes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1997
Subjects:
Cardite chagásica
Ursus maritimus
American trypanosomiasis
Chagas' carditis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Aguda
polar bear
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821997000400011
https://doaj.org/article/964a288c0bc743f7b908f0d6540b3b67
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Summary: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. 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.

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