Abstract Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is an important health problem, especially in immunocompromised hosts. T. gondii uses the gut wall as an infection gateway, with tropism for muscular and nervous tissues causing intestinal alterations, including some in the enteric nervous sy...
Ullmann, Leila Sabrina;
Gravinatti, Mara Lúcia;
Yamatogi, Ricardo Seiti;
Santos, Leonilda Correa dos;
Moraes, Wanderlei de;
Cubas, Zalmir Silvino;
Camossi, Lucilene Granuzzio;
Barros Filho, Ivan Roque de;
Langoni, Helio;
Vieira, Rafael Felipe da Costa;
Biondo, Alexander Welker.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Brazilian native species are reemerging as increasingly free-ranging populations. METHODS: Sera from 31 capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and 28 peccaries (Pecari tajacu and Tayassu pecari) were tested for anti-Leptospira and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using microsco...
Pruebas de Aglutinación,
Animales Salvajes,
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Artiodáctilos/microbiología,
Artiodáctilos/parasitología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Leptospira/inmunología,
Leptospirosis/diagnóstico,
Leptospirosis/epidemiología,
Leptospirosis/veterinaria,
Roedores/microbiología,
Roedores/parasitología,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/diagnóstico,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología,
Prevalencia
Toxoplasmosis is a widespread zoonosis that can infect warm-blooded animals including birds and humans, and chickens are considered to be indicators of environmental contamination. In Brazil, Toxoplasma gondii has a non-clonal population structure composed of three lineages (I, II, and III), presenting h...
Toxoplasma gondii é um protozoário intracelular com alta prevalência em humanos. Em indivíduos imunocomprometidos a infecção é reativada em estados mais severos da doença, como a toxoplasmose cerebral. As vias de ação da resposta imune não estão totalmente esclarecidas, especialmente em model...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the Western blotting method for the detection of IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) (IgG-WB) in the serum of children with suspected congenital toxoplasmosis. Methods: We accompanied 47 mothers with acquired toxoplasmosis in pregnancy and their children, between June...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/análisis,
Western Blotting/métodos,
Diagnóstico Precoz,
Inmunoglobulina G/análisis,
Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos,
Madres,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/métodos,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Toxoplasma/aislamiento & purificación,
Toxoplasmosis Congénita/diagnóstico,
Toxoplasmosis Congénita/inmunología
Abstract Toxoplasmosis is an infectious, zoonotic and parasitic disease, caused by Toxoplasma gondii. In this manucript, two cases of infection with T. gondii in captive animals from a zoological park in the central region of Chile are described. One case was a red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), which is hig...
Abstract Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan with worldwide distribution and dogs act as sentinels of human infection. This search aimed to determine the occurrence of antibodies against T. gondii in dogs of the communities on the Cuiabá River, Mato Grosso and variables associated with infec...
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the presence of antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in serum samples of 187 dogs from 30 rural properties surrounding Córrego do Veado Biological Reserve, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The Reserve is one of the last lowland Atlantic Fores...
Abstract Neighborhood dogs may act as reservoirs for several zoonotic protozoan infections, particularly in urban areas, thus constituting a potential public health threat. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the exposure of neighborhood dogs to four protozoan pathogens in public ar...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Brasil,
Reservorios de Enfermedades/parasitología,
Perros/sangre,
Perros/parasitología,
Leishmania/inmunología,
Leishmania/aislamiento & purificación,
Neospora/inmunología,
Neospora/aislamiento & purificación,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Toxoplasma/aislamiento & purificación,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/inmunología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/inmunología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación
Abstract Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease of global distribution that affects all warm-blooded animals. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the prevalence of T. gondii infection and identify the risk factors associated with its occurrence in domestic ruminants raised on the island of Fe...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Ovinos,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/parasitología,
Toxoplasma,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/etiología
