Title |
Stray dogs as indicators of Toxoplasma gondii distributed in the environment: the first report across an urban-rural gradient in China
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-5-5 |
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Authors |
Chao Yan, Lin-Lin Fu, Cai-Ling Yue, Ren-Xian Tang, Yi-Sheng Liu, Liang Lv, Na Shi, Ping Zeng, Peng Zhang, Dong-Hui Wang, Dong-Hui Zhou, Xing-Quan Zhu, Kui-Yang Zheng |
Abstract |
Toxoplasmosis is an important parasitic zoonosis caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii that is distributed world-wide and infects a variety of hosts. However, the prevalence of T. gondii in the environment (such as soil, water and food) is largely unknown. Due to the technical difficulty in oocyst counting directly, an alternative assay using the serologic status of T. gondii in free-living animals, such as stray or free-living dogs, as an indicator, can be used to evaluate environmental contamination indirectly, as they are exposed to the same risk of infection as humans and other animals. |
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