TABLE 1.
Rates of positive results of blood culture and PCR tests performed with the blood of dogs infected with the Y and Berenice-78 T. cruzi strains performed 30 days after RAV and BZ treatment
| T. cruzi strain | Drug | No. of dogs with positive result/total no. tested (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood culture | PCR | ||
| Y | RAV | 1/5 (20) | 2/5 (40) |
| BZ | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) | |
| ICa | 4/4b (100) | 4/4b (100) | |
| Berenice-78 | RAV | 0/5 (0) | 3/5 (60) |
| BZ | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) | |
| IC | 5/5 (100) | 5/5 (100) | |
a
IC, infected control.
b
The mortality rate was 20% (one of five dogs) during the acute phase of the infection for untreated animals.