Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China

To investigate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China, 843 serum samples were collected in Henan province between March 2015 and May 2016 and tested for IgG antibodies against T. gondii using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The overall sero...

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Autores principales: Wang, Shuai, Zhou, Yonghua, Niu, Jingyuan, Xie, Qing, Xiao, Tingwei, Chen, Yunchao, Li, Han, Ma, Chenchen, Zhang, Haizhu, Liu, Shiguo, Zhang, Zhenchao
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017010
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author Wang, Shuai
Zhou, Yonghua
Niu, Jingyuan
Xie, Qing
Xiao, Tingwei
Chen, Yunchao
Li, Han
Ma, Chenchen
Zhang, Haizhu
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Zhenchao
author_facet Wang, Shuai
Zhou, Yonghua
Niu, Jingyuan
Xie, Qing
Xiao, Tingwei
Chen, Yunchao
Li, Han
Ma, Chenchen
Zhang, Haizhu
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Zhenchao
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description To investigate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China, 843 serum samples were collected in Henan province between March 2015 and May 2016 and tested for IgG antibodies against T. gondii using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii was 21% (178/843). No significant difference was observed based on the sex of cats (p > 0.05). Significantly higher seroprevalence (p < 0.05) was observed in mixed-breed cats (24%) compared to purebred cats (17%). Seroprevalence in rural cats (29%) was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than in urban cats (16%), and increased significantly (p < 0.01) with age. These results showed that T. gondii was highly prevalent in domestic cats in Henan province, central China, which might have important implications for public health.
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spelling pubmed-53647762017-04-05 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China Wang, Shuai Zhou, Yonghua Niu, Jingyuan Xie, Qing Xiao, Tingwei Chen, Yunchao Li, Han Ma, Chenchen Zhang, Haizhu Liu, Shiguo Zhang, Zhenchao Parasite Short Note To investigate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China, 843 serum samples were collected in Henan province between March 2015 and May 2016 and tested for IgG antibodies against T. gondii using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii was 21% (178/843). No significant difference was observed based on the sex of cats (p > 0.05). Significantly higher seroprevalence (p < 0.05) was observed in mixed-breed cats (24%) compared to purebred cats (17%). Seroprevalence in rural cats (29%) was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than in urban cats (16%), and increased significantly (p < 0.01) with age. These results showed that T. gondii was highly prevalent in domestic cats in Henan province, central China, which might have important implications for public health. EDP Sciences 2017-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5364776/ /pubmed/28322721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017010 Text en © S. Wang et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2017 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.
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Wang, Shuai
Zhou, Yonghua
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Xie, Qing
Xiao, Tingwei
Chen, Yunchao
Li, Han
Ma, Chenchen
Zhang, Haizhu
Liu, Shiguo
Zhang, Zhenchao
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China
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title_full Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China
title_short Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central China
title_sort seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats in central china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017010
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