Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Stray and Household Cats in Regions of Seoul, Korea

被引：29
作者：
Lee, Sang-Eun [3 ]
Kim, Jae-Yeong [4 ]
Kim, Yun-Ah [3 ]
Cho, Shin-Hyeong [3 ]
Ahn, Hye-Jin [1 ,2 ]
Woo, Heung-Myong [4 ]
Lee, Won-Ja [3 ]
Nam, Ho-Woo [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Catholic Univ, Dept Parasitol, Seoul 137701, South Korea
[2] Catholic Univ, Catholic Inst Parasit Dis, Seoul 137701, South Korea
[3] Korea Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Inst Hlth, Div Malaria & Parasit Dis, Seoul 122701, South Korea
[4] Kangwon Natl Univ, Coll Vet Med, Lab Surg Med, Chunchon, South Korea
来源：
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY | 2010年 / 48卷 / 03期
关键词：
Toxoplasma gondii; cat; ELISA; PCR; DOMESTIC CATS; SEROPREVALENCE; ANTIBODIES;
D O I：
10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.267
中图分类号：
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要：
The principal objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in household and stray cats in Seoul, Republic of Korea. We collected blood samples from 72 stray and 80 household cats, and all samples were examined by ELISA and nested PCR. The overall positive rates of Toxoplasma gondii in stray cats were 38.9% (28/72), with 15.3% (11/72) in ELISA and 30.6% (22/72) in PCR. The positive rate in male stray cats was slightly higher than that of female stray cats. The highest positive rate of T. gondii infection was noted in Gangnam and Songpa populations in ELISA and in Gwangjin population in PCR. In household cats, however, we could not detect any specific antibodies or DNA for T. gondii. In conclusion, we recognized that the infection rate of toxoplasmosis in stray cats in Seoul was considerably high but household cats were free from infection.
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