Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan

Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasm gondii was studied using the latex agglutination (LA) method, followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation (SDGC) method on the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), which inhabits Amami-Oshima Island. Of the 362 samples, 38 (10.5%) revealed po...

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Autores principales: ITO, Keiko, ABE, Shintaro, YAMASHITA, Ryo, SUMIYAMA, Daisuke, KANAZAWA, Tomoko, MURATA, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2019
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Wildlife Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31875600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0536
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author ITO, Keiko
ABE, Shintaro
YAMASHITA, Ryo
SUMIYAMA, Daisuke
KANAZAWA, Tomoko
MURATA, Koichi
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ABE, Shintaro
YAMASHITA, Ryo
SUMIYAMA, Daisuke
KANAZAWA, Tomoko
MURATA, Koichi
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description Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasm gondii was studied using the latex agglutination (LA) method, followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation (SDGC) method on the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), which inhabits Amami-Oshima Island. Of the 362 samples, 38 (10.5%) revealed positive. Single or double peaks in the 7–8 and/or 12–14 fraction to LA titer by SDGC indicated the early stage of T. gondii infection. It is suggested that domestic/feral cats play an important role for spreading this zoonotic pathogen to the mongoose as well as other species that are endemic to this island. Future studies are warranted to prevent the transmission of T. gondii among cats and wild animals in order to maintain the ecosystem health.
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spelling pubmed-70419872020-03-02 Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan ITO, Keiko ABE, Shintaro YAMASHITA, Ryo SUMIYAMA, Daisuke KANAZAWA, Tomoko MURATA, Koichi J Vet Med Sci Wildlife Science Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasm gondii was studied using the latex agglutination (LA) method, followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation (SDGC) method on the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), which inhabits Amami-Oshima Island. Of the 362 samples, 38 (10.5%) revealed positive. Single or double peaks in the 7–8 and/or 12–14 fraction to LA titer by SDGC indicated the early stage of T. gondii infection. It is suggested that domestic/feral cats play an important role for spreading this zoonotic pathogen to the mongoose as well as other species that are endemic to this island. Future studies are warranted to prevent the transmission of T. gondii among cats and wild animals in order to maintain the ecosystem health. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2019-12-25 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7041987/ /pubmed/31875600 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0536 Text en ©2020 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
spellingShingle Wildlife Science
ITO, Keiko
ABE, Shintaro
YAMASHITA, Ryo
SUMIYAMA, Daisuke
KANAZAWA, Tomoko
MURATA, Koichi
Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title_full Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title_fullStr Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title_short Prevalence of serum antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan
title_sort prevalence of serum antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in the small indian mongoose (herpestes auropunctatus) on amami-oshima island, japan
topic Wildlife Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31875600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0536
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