Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-living European mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) hunted in central Germany

被引：6

作者：

Heddergott, Mike ^{[1
]}

Osten-Sacken, Natalia ^{[1
,2
]}

Steinbach, Peter ^{[3
]}

Frantz, Alain C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Musee Natl Hist Nat, L-2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

[2] Fdn Faune Flore, L-2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

[3] Univ Gottingen, Fac Chem, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany

来源：

PARASITE | 2018年 / 25卷

关键词：

Toxoplasma gondii; seroprevalence; mouflon; wildlife; MAT; central Germany; PREVALENCE; CATS; INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES; SPAIN;

D O I：

10.1051/parasite/2018020

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：

Despite increasing consumption of mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) meat in Germany, there is currently no surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii infection in populations of these animals and generally little knowledge about the prevalence of this protozoan in German wild ungulates. Between 2011 and 2015, we collected 138 blood samples from a free-living mouflon population in central German and tested sera for the presence of T. gondii antibodies using a modified agglutination test (MAT, cut-off 1: 20). Antibodies were detected in 31 of the 138 samples (22.46%). There was a significant difference in seroprevalence between the different age classes, with antibodies to T. gondii more frequent in adults. In contrast, there was no significant difference in seroprevalence depending on sex and year of sample collection. Game meat is frequently consumed as raw or undercooked meat and may therefore represent a potential source of human infection with T. gondii.

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