Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan

Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi (E. cuniculi) were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using E. cuniculi PTP2 recombinant protein from serum samples that had been collected from a total of 295 cats in Japan. Of these samples, 6.1% (18/295) had antibodies against E. cuniculi, which i...

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Autores principales: TSUKADA, Ryusuke, OSAKA, Yuki, TAKANO, Tomomi, SASAKI, Mizuki, INOSE, Mitsuhiro, IKADAI, Hiromi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2016
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Parasitology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5095633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27320966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0545
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author TSUKADA, Ryusuke
OSAKA, Yuki
TAKANO, Tomomi
SASAKI, Mizuki
INOSE, Mitsuhiro
IKADAI, Hiromi
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description Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi (E. cuniculi) were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using E. cuniculi PTP2 recombinant protein from serum samples that had been collected from a total of 295 cats in Japan. Of these samples, 6.1% (18/295) had antibodies against E. cuniculi, which included 6.3% (6/96) of the male cats and 6.0% (12/199) of the female cats. The incidence was slightly higher in feral cats (8.3%, 11/132) compared to domesticated cats (4.3%, 7/163). This suggests the possibility that the cats of our country have become a reservoir of E. cuniculi. This study is the first to demonstrate the prevalence of E. cuniculi infection in cats in Japan.
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spelling pubmed-50956332016-11-07 Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan TSUKADA, Ryusuke OSAKA, Yuki TAKANO, Tomomi SASAKI, Mizuki INOSE, Mitsuhiro IKADAI, Hiromi J Vet Med Sci Parasitology Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi (E. cuniculi) were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using E. cuniculi PTP2 recombinant protein from serum samples that had been collected from a total of 295 cats in Japan. Of these samples, 6.1% (18/295) had antibodies against E. cuniculi, which included 6.3% (6/96) of the male cats and 6.0% (12/199) of the female cats. The incidence was slightly higher in feral cats (8.3%, 11/132) compared to domesticated cats (4.3%, 7/163). This suggests the possibility that the cats of our country have become a reservoir of E. cuniculi. This study is the first to demonstrate the prevalence of E. cuniculi infection in cats in Japan. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2016-06-20 2016-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5095633/ /pubmed/27320966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0545 Text en ©2016 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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IKADAI, Hiromi
Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan
title Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan
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title_fullStr Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan
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title_short Serological survey of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in Japan
title_sort serological survey of encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in cats in japan
topic Parasitology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5095633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27320966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0545
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