2015年10月
Prevalence and dynamics of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in kids born from naturally infected goats
PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
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- 巻
- 64
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 389
- 終了ページ
- 391
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.parint.2015.05.015
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
We investigated the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in domesticated goats intended for human consumption in a rural suburb of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Antibodies to T. gondii were found in 55.1% (80/145) of the goats tested in our sample. The seroprevalence among goats aged <1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years and years were 36.7%, 66.0%, 59.1% and 100%, respectively. Our results demonstrated that seroprevalence increased with age. Among the seropositive goats, a subsample of eight free-ranging female goats with access to male goats was placed under continuous observation. During the observation period, these seropositive female goats delivered 11 kids, all of which were found to be seronegative before suckling colostrum. This finding strongly suggested that trans-placental infection rarely occurs in female goats that have acquired an infection before pregnancy. Our results indicate that infection via ingestion of oocysts plays a more important role than endogenous trans-placental infection in maintaining the endemicity of T. gondii among goats in Bangladesh. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
- リンク情報
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.05.015
- PubMed
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26028431
- Web of Science
- https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000359964500030&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- URL
- http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84930933243&origin=inward
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.parint.2015.05.015
- ISSN : 1383-5769
- PubMed ID : 26028431
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000359964500030