| Literature DB >> 18707811 |
Stéphane De Craeye1, Aurelie Francart, Julie Chabauty, Veerle De Vriendt, Steven Van Gucht, Ingrid Leroux, Erik Jongert.
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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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18707811 DOI： 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Parasitol ISSN： 0304-4017 Impact factor: 2.738