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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-living Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) from central Amazon, Brazil
Fecha
2011-12-29Registro en:
Veterinary Parasitology. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 183, n. 1-2, p. 171-173, 2011.
0304-4017
10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.007
WOS:000298450400028
WOS000298450400028.pdf
Autor
Univ Estadual Santa Cruz
Inst Nacl de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Univ Dundee
Inst Brasileiro Med Conservacao Triade
Univ Anhembi Morumbi
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Unimonte Univ
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
ARS
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Institución
Resumen
Toxoplasma gondii is an important pathogen in aquatic mammals and its presence in these animals may indicate the water contamination of aquatic environment by oocysts. Serum samples from 95 free-living Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) from the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve (RDSM), Tefe, Amazonas, Central Amazon, Brazil were tested for T. gondii antibodies using the modified agglutination test (MAT). Antibodies (MAT >= 25) to T. gondii were found in 82 (86.3%) dolphins with titers of 1:25 in 24, 1:50 in 56, and 1:500 in 2. Results suggest a high level contamination of the aquatic environment of the home range of these animals. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.