Serological evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in hunted wild boar from Portugal

被引：24

作者：

Coelho, Catarina ^{[1
,2
]}

Vieira-Pinto, Madalena ^{[1
,3
]}

Faria, Ana Sofia ^{[1
,4
]}

Vale-Goncalves, Helia ^{[1
,4
,5
]}

Veloso, Octavia ^{[1
,4
,5
]}

Paiva-Cardoso, Maria das Neves ^{[1
,3
,4
]}

Mesquita, Joao Rodrigo ^{[2
,6
]}

Lopes, Ana Patricia ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Ctr Ciencia Anim & Vet, CECAV, P-5000801 Quinta De Prados, Vila Real, Portugal

[2] Inst Politecn Viseu, Escola Super Agr Viseu, P-3500606 Quinta Da Alagoa, Viseu, Portugal

[3] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Dept Ciencias Vet, UTAD, P-5000801 Quinta De Prados, Vila Real, Portugal

[4] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroambientais & Biol, P-5000801 Quinta De Prados, Vila Real, Portugal

[5] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroambientais & Biol, Lab Ecol Aplicada, P-5000801 Quinta De Prados, Vila Real, Portugal

[6] Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, CIBIO, P-4485661 Vairao, Portugal

来源：

VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY | 2014年 / 202卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

Modified agglutination test; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild boar; SUS-SCROFA; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIFICITY; INFECTION; TESTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.013

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：

Toxoplasmosis is an important parasitic zoonosis with a worldwide distribution, being the parasitic disease with the highest occurrence in Europe. Wild boar has an important role in the epidemiological cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as an intermediate host, that can potentially infect humans when the meat is consumed raw or undercooked. The purpose of this work was to determine the presence of antibodies to T. gondii in serum of hunted wild boar. During the hunting season 2011/2012, sera samples were collected from 97 wild boar and tested for IgG antibodies to T. gondii, using the modified agglutination test. Twenty out of the 97 wild boar (20.6%) were seropositive for T. gondii IgG antibodies. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that males and older animals were associated with T. gondii seropositivity. These results show that T. gondii has an important presence in wild boar population from Portugal, suggesting a potential zoonotic risk for humans when wild boar meat or meat products are consumed raw or undercooked. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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