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Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in goats, cats and humans in Russia

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dc.contributor.author Yarullin A.
dc.contributor.author Valeeva A.
dc.contributor.author Khaertynov K.
dc.contributor.author Takashima Y.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-22T20:45:37Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-22T20:45:37Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.issn 1383-5769
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/148631
dc.description.abstract © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Toxoplasmosis, a most common zoonosis, is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. However, there is little epidemiological information on T. gondii infections in humans and livestock animals in Russia. Therefore, in this study, the seroprevalence of T. gondii in goats in Russia was investigated. A total of 216 goats from 32 farms were investigated and 95 of them were seropositive for T. gondii. The difference in seroprevalence between the examined regions was not statistically significant. We next collected serum samples from 99 cats and 181 humans in Kazan city, the state capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and examined their T. gondii seroprevalences. Thirty-nine of the 99 cat samples and 56 of the 181 human samples showed seropositivity. Logistical regression analysis revealed that the cat breeding history of the human subjects, but not their sex or age is a significant risk factor for T. gondii seropositivity. These findings suggest that the natural environment in Russia may be widely polluted with T. gondii oocysts shed by cats, and ingestion of these oocysts provides a major route for human infection with this parasite.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Parasitology International
dc.subject Cats
dc.subject Russia
dc.subject Seroprevalence
dc.subject Toxoplasma gondii
dc.title Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in goats, cats and humans in Russia
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-issue 2
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 67
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 112
dc.source.id SCOPUS13835769-2018-67-2-SID85034745294


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    Коллекция содержит публикации сотрудников Казанского федерального (до 2010 года Казанского государственного) университета, проиндексированные в БД Scopus, начиная с 1970г.

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