Age-Related Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Dutch Wild Boar Inconsistent with Lifelong Persistence of Antibodies

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作者
Opsteegh, Marieke [1 ,2 ]
Swart, Arno [1 ]
Fonville, Manoj [1 ]
Dekkers, Leo [3 ]
van der Giessen, Joke [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Publ Hlth & Environm RIVM, Lab Zoonoses & Environm Microbiol, Bilthoven, Netherlands
[2] Univ Utrecht, Fac Vet Med, IRAS, Utrecht, Netherlands
[3] Anim Hlth Serv GD, Deventer, Netherlands
关键词
RANGING DOMESTIC PIGS; SUS-SCROFA; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; TESTS; INFECTION; ANIMALS; SYSTEMS; ISLAND; SPAIN;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0016240
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic pathogen that is best known as a cause of abortion or abnormalities in the newborn after primary infection during pregnancy. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of T. gondii in wild boar to investigate the possible role of their meat in human infection and to get an indication of the environmental contamination with T. gondii. The presence of anti-T. gondii antibodies was determined by in-house ELISA in 509 wild boar shot in 2002/2003 and 464 wild boar shot in 2007. Most of the boar originated from the "Roerstreek'' (n = 673) or the "Veluwe'' (n = 241). A binormal mixture model was fitted to the log-transformed optical density values for wild boar up to 20 months old to estimate the optimal cut-off value (-0.685) and accompanying sensitivity (90.6%) and specificity (93.6%). The overall seroprevalence was estimated at 24.4% (95% CI: 21.1-27.7%). The prevalence did not show variation between sampling years or regions, indicating a stable and homogeneous infection pressure from the environment. The relation between age and seroprevalence was studied in two stages. Firstly, seroprevalence by age group was determined by fitting the binary mixture model to 200 animals per age category. The prevalence showed a steep increase until approximately 10 months of age but stabilized at approximately 35% thereafter. Secondly, we fitted the age-dependent seroprevalence data to several SIR-type models, with seropositives as infected (I) and seronegatives as either susceptible (S) or resistant (R). A model with a recovery rate (SIS) was superior to a model without a recovery rate (SI). This finding is not consistent with the traditional view of lifelong persistence of T. gondii infections. The high seroprevalence suggests that eating undercooked wild boar meat may pose a risk of infection with T. gondii.
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