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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Belgian house cats. [1]

Peer reviewed scientific article

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Stéphane De Craeye [2]; Aurélie Francart [3]; Chabauty, Julie [4]; De Vriendt, Veerle [5]; Steven Van Gucht [6]; Leroux, Ingrid [7]; Jongert, Erik [8]

Trefwoorden

  1. Animals [9]
  2. Antibodies, Protozoan [10]
  3. België [11]
  4. Cat Diseases [12]
  5. Cats [13]
  6. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay [14]
  7. Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect [15]
  8. Immunoglobulin G [16]
  9. Immunoglobulin M [17]
  10. prevalence [18]
  11. Protozoan Proteins [19]
  12. Seroepidemiologic Studies [20]
  13. Toxoplasma [21]
  14. Toxoplasmosis, Animal [22]

Samenvatting:

Five hundred and sixty seven sera of healthy house cats aged 3 months to 7 years, were examined for the presence of anti-toxoplasma antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence assay and compared to SAG1 and TLA enzyme linked immunosorbent assays as alternative test. Twenty-five percent of cats tested positive for IgG and/or IgM. Seroprevalence increased with age from 2% below 12 months of age up to 44% at age 7. Sensitivities of SAG1 and TLA ELISA were 84.1% and 88.6%, respectively. Peak levels in seroprevalence were correlated to increased IgG titers in TLA ELISA. Our results suggest that T….
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Samenvatting

Five hundred and sixty seven sera of healthy house cats aged 3 months to 7 years, were examined for the presence of anti-toxoplasma antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence assay and compared to SAG1 and TLA enzyme linked immunosorbent assays as alternative test. Twenty-five percent of cats tested positive for IgG and/or IgM. Seroprevalence increased with age from 2% below 12 months of age up to 44% at age 7. Sensitivities of SAG1 and TLA ELISA were 84.1% and 88.6%, respectively. Peak levels in seroprevalence were correlated to increased IgG titers in TLA ELISA. Our results suggest that T. gondii infections are common in house cats and that there is a high chance for a negative cat to seroconvert in its second life-year.

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