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DOI | 10.1556/EuJMI-D-15-00004 |
PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN LANDRACE AND MIXED BREED PIGS SLAUGHTERED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE, MEXICO | |
Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme; Fabiola Vazquez-Morales, Renata; Eusebio Colado-Romero, Edgar; Guzman-Sanchez, Ramiro; Liesenfeld, Oliver; Dubey, Jitender P. | |
通讯作者 | Alvarado-Esquivel, C |
来源期刊 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
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ISSN | 2062-8633 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 5期号:1页码:112-115 |
英文摘要 | We performed a cross-sectional study to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in 308 domestic pigs slaughtered in La Paz, Baja California Sur State, Mexico using the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut off 1:25). Forty (13%) of the 308 pigs were seropositive with MAT titers of 1:25 in 16, 1:50 in 5, 1:100 in 4, 1:200 in 5, 1:400 in 3, 1:800 in 3, 1:1600 in 2, and 1:3200 in 2. Multivariate analysis of pigs' characteristics showed that seropositivity to T. gondii was negatively associated with mixed breed (OR = 0.02; 95% CI:0.003-0.26; P = 0.001). Other variables including sex, type of raising, and municipality did not show an association with T. gondii seropositivity by multivariate analysis. The frequency of high antibody titers (>= 1:400) was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in Landrace pigs than mixed breed pigs. The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in pigs for slaughter in Baja California Sur State is low compared with seroprevalences reported in pigs in other Mexican states. Landrace pigs demonstrated higher seroprevalence rates and antibody levels than mixed breed pigs. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in pigs raised in a desert climate. |
英文关键词 | pigs Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence epidemiology Mexico |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
开放获取类型 | Green Published |
收录类别 | ESCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000372132600010 |
WOS关键词 | DOMESTIC PIGS ; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY ; SEROPREVALENCE ; PATHOGENICITY ; DURANGO |
WOS类目 | Microbiology |
WOS研究方向 | Microbiology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331218 |
作者单位 | [Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme] Juarez Univ Durango State, Fac Med & Nutr, Biomed Res Lab, Ave Univ S-N, Durango 34000, Dgo, Mexico; [Fabiola Vazquez-Morales, Renata; Eusebio Colado-Romero, Edgar; Guzman-Sanchez, Ramiro] Comite Estatal Fomento & Protecc Pecuaria, La Paz, Bolivia; [Liesenfeld, Oliver] Charite, Inst Microbiol & Hyg, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 27, D-12203 Berlin, Germany; [Dubey, Jitender P.] ARS, USDA, Beltsville Agr Res Ctr, Anim Parasit Dis Lab, Bldg 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme,Fabiola Vazquez-Morales, Renata,Eusebio Colado-Romero, Edgar,et al. PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN LANDRACE AND MIXED BREED PIGS SLAUGHTERED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE, MEXICO[J],2015,5(1):112-115. |
APA | Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme,Fabiola Vazquez-Morales, Renata,Eusebio Colado-Romero, Edgar,Guzman-Sanchez, Ramiro,Liesenfeld, Oliver,&Dubey, Jitender P..(2015).PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN LANDRACE AND MIXED BREED PIGS SLAUGHTERED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE, MEXICO.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY,5(1),112-115. |
MLA | Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme,et al."PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN LANDRACE AND MIXED BREED PIGS SLAUGHTERED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE, MEXICO".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 5.1(2015):112-115. |
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