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American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' Disease) in a Striped Skunk

Infection with Try panosoma cruzi is called American trypanosomiasis and the clinical or pathological manifestation of the infection is called Chagas’ disease (Neva, 1975, In Diseases Transmitted From Animals To Man, Hubbert et al. (eds.), Charles Thomas Publishers, Springfield, Illinois, pp. 765-772). Animal and triatomid bug infections with T. cruzi are widespread in the southern United States, from California to Florida and Maryland (Ciba Foundation Symposium, 1974, Excerpta Med. 20: 51). Approximately 100 species of triatomid insects have been identified and about half have been found to be naturally infected with T. cruzi or T. cruzi-like organisms. Sylvatic reservoirs of T. cruzi-like organisms include about 150 species or subspecies of Marsupialia, Carnivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Edentata, Lagomorpha and Primates. Norman (1959, J. Parasitol. 45: 457-463) reported a prevalence of 1 % for T. cruzilike organisms in 306 striped skunks caught in southern Georgia and northern Florida. A surveillance program in Los Angeles County resulted in the detection of a case of Chagas’ disease in a young ad#{149}ult male, native, free-living, striped skunk. The skunk was collected from Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. At necropsy, gross lesions were not evident. Microscopically, there was marked subacute to chronic multifocal myocarditis with clusters of plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages in the wall of the right atrium (Fig. 1). Thin, patchy moderate areas of fibrosis were often associated with the inflammation. In some sections of atria! wall, pseu-