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| Title |
Toxoplasma gondii in domestic and wild animals from forest fragments of the municipality of Natal, northeastern Brazil
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| Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1984-29612014092 |
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| Authors |
Gislene Fátima da Silva Rocha Fournier, Marcos Gomes Lopes, Arlei Marcili, Diego Garcia Ramirez, Igor Cunha Lima Acosta, Juliana Isabel Giuli da Silva Ferreira, Aline Diniz Cabral, Júlia Tereza Ribeiro de Lima, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena, Ricardo Augusto Dias, Solange Maria Gennari |
| Abstract |
Toxoplasmosis stands out as a global disease that has felines as definitive hosts. In the municipality of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, two parks are notable for their ecological and social importance. This study aimed to investigate the presence of Toxoplasma gondii in short hair cats, bats and small non-volant mammals in these two ecological reserves. Altogether, biological samples were obtained from 154 mammals, 92 wild animals from both areas and 62 domestic cats of the Parque da Cidade. In total, 22 (53.7%) non-volant wild mammals, 11 (21.5%) bats and 28 (52.8%) cats were positive for IgG anti-T. gondii antibodies using the Modified Agglutination Test (≥ 25). It was possible to detect the presence of T. gondii DNA, by means of a molecular amplification of a B1 gene fragment (155bp), in 92 tissue samples from wild animals, including Didelphis albiventris, Monodelphis domestica, Artibeus lituratus, Carollia perspicillata and Glossophaga soricina. Of the 62 cats examined by the same molecular method, T. gondii DNA could be detected in 4 cats. In this study, it was observed the circulation of T. gondii in wild species and domestic cats, demonstrating the involvement of wild and domestic animals in the cycle of T. gondii. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 73 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 27% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 16 | 21% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 20 | 27% |
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