Study of Toxoplasma Infection in Brazilian Wild Mammals: Serological Evidence in Dasypus Novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 and Euphractus Sexcinctus Wagler, 1830.
From: Grupo de Pesquisa em Parasitologia, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Praça Mascarenhas de Moraes, s/n Centro 87502210, Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil. silva.av@uol.com.br
Veterinary parasitology
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 0304-4017
- Volume: 135
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 81-3
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): da Silva Aristeu Vieira, de Moraes Gimenes Bosco Sandra, Langoni Helio, et al. Study of Toxoplasma Infection in Brazilian Wild Mammals: Serological Evidence in Dasypus Novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 and Euphractus Sexcinctus Wagler, 1830.. Vet. Parasitol. Jan 2006;135:81-3
Abstract
Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide distributed zoonosis that affects man and most warm-blooded animals, with a great economic impact in animal and public health. Serum samples from nine 9-banded armadillos, three 6-banded armadillos, three coatimundis, two opossums and one nutria were submitted for anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibody detection by means of a modified direct agglutination method. Encephalic tissue of three 6-banded armadillos, one 9-banded armadillo, one coatimundi and one nutria were digested in acid pepsin solution and inoculated into Swiss mice for parasite isolation. Only one serum sample from a nine-banded armadillo and two from six-banded armadillos reacted producing titers equal to 256, 512 and 512, respectively. T. gondii was isolated in two 6-banded armadillos, one of which was not positive in the serological test.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Agglutination Tests, Animals, Animals, Wild, Antibodies, Protozoan, Armadillos, Biological Assay, Brain, Brazil, Mice, Opossums, Procyonidae, Public Health, Rodent Diseases, Rodentia, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Toxoplasma, Toxoplasmosis, Animal
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