Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China

Sheep are highly susceptible to infections with Toxoplasma gondii and play a major role in the transmission of toxoplasmosis to humans. In the present study, 779 serum samples from sheep were collected from Henan province, central China from March 2015 to May 2016, and antibodies to T. gondii were d...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Nian, Wang, Shuai, Wang, Dong, Li, Chaoying, Zhang, Zhenchao, Yao, Zhijun, Li, Tingting, Xie, Qing, Liu, Shiguo, Zhang, Haizhu
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016064
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author Zhang, Nian
Wang, Shuai
Wang, Dong
Li, Chaoying
Zhang, Zhenchao
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Tingting
Xie, Qing
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Haizhu
author_facet Zhang, Nian
Wang, Shuai
Wang, Dong
Li, Chaoying
Zhang, Zhenchao
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Tingting
Xie, Qing
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Haizhu
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description Sheep are highly susceptible to infections with Toxoplasma gondii and play a major role in the transmission of toxoplasmosis to humans. In the present study, 779 serum samples from sheep were collected from Henan province, central China from March 2015 to May 2016, and antibodies to T. gondii were detected by modified agglutination test (MAT). The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii in sheep was 12.71% (99/779). The risk factors significantly associated with T. gondii seroprevalence were the geographical origin, age, presence of cats, and the rearing system. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in sheep in Henan province, central China, and of an association of seropositivity to T. gondii with risk factors.
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spelling pubmed-51346712016-12-09 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China Zhang, Nian Wang, Shuai Wang, Dong Li, Chaoying Zhang, Zhenchao Yao, Zhijun Li, Tingting Xie, Qing Liu, Shiguo Zhang, Haizhu Parasite Short Note Sheep are highly susceptible to infections with Toxoplasma gondii and play a major role in the transmission of toxoplasmosis to humans. In the present study, 779 serum samples from sheep were collected from Henan province, central China from March 2015 to May 2016, and antibodies to T. gondii were detected by modified agglutination test (MAT). The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii in sheep was 12.71% (99/779). The risk factors significantly associated with T. gondii seroprevalence were the geographical origin, age, presence of cats, and the rearing system. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in sheep in Henan province, central China, and of an association of seropositivity to T. gondii with risk factors. EDP Sciences 2016-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5134671/ /pubmed/27882868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016064 Text en © N. Zhang et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2016 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Note
Zhang, Nian
Wang, Shuai
Wang, Dong
Li, Chaoying
Zhang, Zhenchao
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Tingting
Xie, Qing
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Haizhu
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title_full Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title_short Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in Henan province, central China
title_sort seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors in domestic sheep in henan province, central china
topic Short Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016064
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