Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China

This study was conducted to detect specific anti-Neospora antibodies using a commercial competitive-inhibition ELISA kit, and to evaluate the risk factors for Neospora spp. infection. Out of a total of 2,228 donkey sera collected in three provinces in China, 211 (9.5%) were found to be positive for...

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Autores principales: Cong, Wei, Nie, Lan-Bi, Qin, Si-Yuan, Wang, Wei-Li, Qian, Ai-Dong, Meng, Qing-Feng
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29557777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018018
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author Cong, Wei
Nie, Lan-Bi
Qin, Si-Yuan
Wang, Wei-Li
Qian, Ai-Dong
Meng, Qing-Feng
author_facet Cong, Wei
Nie, Lan-Bi
Qin, Si-Yuan
Wang, Wei-Li
Qian, Ai-Dong
Meng, Qing-Feng
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description This study was conducted to detect specific anti-Neospora antibodies using a commercial competitive-inhibition ELISA kit, and to evaluate the risk factors for Neospora spp. infection. Out of a total of 2,228 donkey sera collected in three provinces in China, 211 (9.5%) were found to be positive for anti-Neospora antibodies. Statistical analysis revealed that age (p = 0.019, OR = 1.62, 95%CI: 1.08-2.44), feeding status (p < 0.001, OR = 3.79, 95%CI: 2.65-5.43), miscarriage history (p = 0.006, OR = 2.56, 95%CI: 1.27-4.01), and contact with dogs (p < 0.001, OR = 2.69, 95%CI: 1.86-3.88) were significant risk factors for Neospora spp. infection. This is the first evidence of Neospora infection in donkeys in China.
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spelling pubmed-58598212018-03-29 Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China Cong, Wei Nie, Lan-Bi Qin, Si-Yuan Wang, Wei-Li Qian, Ai-Dong Meng, Qing-Feng Parasite Short Note This study was conducted to detect specific anti-Neospora antibodies using a commercial competitive-inhibition ELISA kit, and to evaluate the risk factors for Neospora spp. infection. Out of a total of 2,228 donkey sera collected in three provinces in China, 211 (9.5%) were found to be positive for anti-Neospora antibodies. Statistical analysis revealed that age (p = 0.019, OR = 1.62, 95%CI: 1.08-2.44), feeding status (p < 0.001, OR = 3.79, 95%CI: 2.65-5.43), miscarriage history (p = 0.006, OR = 2.56, 95%CI: 1.27-4.01), and contact with dogs (p < 0.001, OR = 2.69, 95%CI: 1.86-3.88) were significant risk factors for Neospora spp. infection. This is the first evidence of Neospora infection in donkeys in China. EDP Sciences 2018-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5859821/ /pubmed/29557777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018018 Text en © W. Cong et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2018 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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Cong, Wei
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title Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China
title_full Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China
title_fullStr Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China
title_short Prevalence of Neospora spp. in donkeys in China
title_sort prevalence of neospora spp. in donkeys in china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29557777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018018
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