Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects humans and domestic animals. In this study, the seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies was investigated using serum samples collected from 83 sheep, 146 goats and 37 cattle from a dozen subsistence farms in Bangladesh. Fifty-eight out o...

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Autores principales: RAHMAN, Moizur, AZAD, Md. Thoufic Anam, NAHAR, Lovely, ROUF, Shah Md. Abdur, OHYA, Kenji, CHIOU, Shih-Pin, BABA, Minami, KITOH, Katsuya, TAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014
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Parasitology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24849051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.14-0171
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author RAHMAN, Moizur
AZAD, Md. Thoufic Anam
NAHAR, Lovely
ROUF, Shah Md. Abdur
OHYA, Kenji
CHIOU, Shih-Pin
BABA, Minami
KITOH, Katsuya
TAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro
author_facet RAHMAN, Moizur
AZAD, Md. Thoufic Anam
NAHAR, Lovely
ROUF, Shah Md. Abdur
OHYA, Kenji
CHIOU, Shih-Pin
BABA, Minami
KITOH, Katsuya
TAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro
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description Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects humans and domestic animals. In this study, the seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies was investigated using serum samples collected from 83 sheep, 146 goats and 37 cattle from a dozen subsistence farms in Bangladesh. Fifty-eight out of 83 sheep (69.9%), 89 out of 146 goats (61.0%) and 10 out of 37 cattle (27.0%) were seropositive for the parasite. Seroprevalence in young goats (<1 year old) was significantly lower than that of the adult goats (>1 year old). In contrast, seroprevalence for young and adult sheep was similar. These results indicate that acquired infection with T. gondii occurs in this region of Bangladesh, at least among goats.
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spelling pubmed-41971542014-10-17 Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh RAHMAN, Moizur AZAD, Md. Thoufic Anam NAHAR, Lovely ROUF, Shah Md. Abdur OHYA, Kenji CHIOU, Shih-Pin BABA, Minami KITOH, Katsuya TAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro J Vet Med Sci Parasitology Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects humans and domestic animals. In this study, the seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies was investigated using serum samples collected from 83 sheep, 146 goats and 37 cattle from a dozen subsistence farms in Bangladesh. Fifty-eight out of 83 sheep (69.9%), 89 out of 146 goats (61.0%) and 10 out of 37 cattle (27.0%) were seropositive for the parasite. Seroprevalence in young goats (<1 year old) was significantly lower than that of the adult goats (>1 year old). In contrast, seroprevalence for young and adult sheep was similar. These results indicate that acquired infection with T. gondii occurs in this region of Bangladesh, at least among goats. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014-05-21 2014-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4197154/ /pubmed/24849051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.14-0171 Text en ©2014 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
spellingShingle Parasitology
RAHMAN, Moizur
AZAD, Md. Thoufic Anam
NAHAR, Lovely
ROUF, Shah Md. Abdur
OHYA, Kenji
CHIOU, Shih-Pin
BABA, Minami
KITOH, Katsuya
TAKASHIMA, Yasuhiro
Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title_full Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title_short Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh
title_sort age-specificity of toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in sheep, goats and cattle on subsistence farms in bangladesh
topic Parasitology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24849051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.14-0171
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