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Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern

BACKGROUND: Limited information about Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners is available in China. METHODS: In this study, blood samples were randomly collected from 306 pet cats and 397 corresponding pet owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Sera from the pet cats and the...

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Autores principales: Li, Xin-Tong, Wang, Lu, Ding, Yuan, Sun, Wu-Wen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34980114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03110-6
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Wang, Lu
Ding, Yuan
Sun, Wu-Wen
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description BACKGROUND: Limited information about Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners is available in China. METHODS: In this study, blood samples were randomly collected from 306 pet cats and 397 corresponding pet owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Sera from the pet cats and the pet owners were tested for anti-T. gondii antibodies using an modified agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Moreover, the risk factors for T. gondii infection in pet cats and corresponding pet owners were explored. RESULT: In total, 62 sera out of 306 examined pet cats (20.3%) and 18.1% (72/397) pet cat owners were seropositive for T. gondii, respectively. The results of statistical analysis showed that both pet cats and their owners from rural area had significantly higher T. gondii seroprevalence than those from urban area (p < 0.001). Moreover, owners of pet cas who have the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases had a significantly lower T. gondii seroprevalence than those without the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The present results revealed that the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection are widespread in pet cats and their owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Residence area and understanding knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases are considered to be raleted to the T. gondii infection. Hence, it is necessary to highlight the dangers and protection methods of zoonotic protozoan diseases caused by pet cats, especially in rural area.
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spelling pubmed-87222832022-01-06 Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern Li, Xin-Tong Wang, Lu Ding, Yuan Sun, Wu-Wen BMC Vet Res Research BACKGROUND: Limited information about Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners is available in China. METHODS: In this study, blood samples were randomly collected from 306 pet cats and 397 corresponding pet owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Sera from the pet cats and the pet owners were tested for anti-T. gondii antibodies using an modified agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Moreover, the risk factors for T. gondii infection in pet cats and corresponding pet owners were explored. RESULT: In total, 62 sera out of 306 examined pet cats (20.3%) and 18.1% (72/397) pet cat owners were seropositive for T. gondii, respectively. The results of statistical analysis showed that both pet cats and their owners from rural area had significantly higher T. gondii seroprevalence than those from urban area (p < 0.001). Moreover, owners of pet cas who have the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases had a significantly lower T. gondii seroprevalence than those without the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The present results revealed that the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection are widespread in pet cats and their owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Residence area and understanding knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases are considered to be raleted to the T. gondii infection. Hence, it is necessary to highlight the dangers and protection methods of zoonotic protozoan diseases caused by pet cats, especially in rural area. BioMed Central 2022-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8722283/ /pubmed/34980114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03110-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Li, Xin-Tong
Wang, Lu
Ding, Yuan
Sun, Wu-Wen
Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title_full Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title_fullStr Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title_full_unstemmed Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title_short Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern
title_sort toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern china:an important public health concern
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34980114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03110-6
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