Literature DB >> 29340468

Serosurvey of Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in rats captured from two zoos in Southern Brazil.

Maysa Pellizzaro1, Francisco de Oliveira Conrado2, Camila Marinelli Martins3, Sâmea Fernandes Joaquim1, Fernando Ferreira3, Helio Langoni4, Alexander Welker Biondo5.   

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) are zoonotic reservoirs for Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii, and influence diseases in urban areas.
METHODS: Free-ranging and laboratory-raised rats from two zoos in southern Brazil were tested for Leptospira spp. and T. gondii using microscopic agglutination and modified agglutination tests, respectively.
RESULTS: Overall, 25.6% and 4.6% free-ranging rats tested positive for Leptospira spp. and T. gondii, respectively, with co-seropositivity occurring in two animals. For laboratory-raised rats, 20% tested positive for Leptospira spp. Also, Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc and Leptospira noguchii serovar Panama were found.
CONCLUSIONS: Serosurveys can show the environmental prevalence of zoonotic pathogens.

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Year:  2017        PMID: 29340468     DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0138-2017

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Rev Soc Bras Med Trop        ISSN: 0037-8682            Impact factor:   1.581


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1.  Molecular survey for cyst-forming coccidia (Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Sarcocystis spp.) in Mediterranean periurban micromammals.

Authors:  Mercedes Fernández-Escobar; Javier Millán; Andrea D Chirife; Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora; Rafael Calero-Bernal
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2020-06-25       Impact factor: 2.289

2.  Serosurvey and molecular detection of the main zoonotic parasites carried by commensal Rattus norvegicus population in Tehran, Iran.

Authors:  Taher Azimi; Mohammad Reza Pourmand; Fatemeh Fallah; Abdollah Karimi; Roxana Mansour-Ghanaie; Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini-Alfatemi; Mehdi Shirdoust; Leila Azimi
Journal:  Trop Med Health       Date:  2020-07-22

3.  Molecular detection of Leptospira spp. in rats as early spatial predictor for human disease in an endemic urban area.

Authors:  Maysa Pellizzaro; Camila Marinelli Martins; Ana Carolina Yamakawa; Diogo da Cunha Ferraz; Vivien Midori Morikawa; Fernando Ferreira; Andrea Pires Dos Santos; Alexander Welker Biondo; Helio Langoni
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2019-05-22       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 4.  Leptospira infection in rats: A literature review of global prevalence and distribution.

Authors:  Kenneth Boey; Kanae Shiokawa; Sreekumari Rajeev
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2019-08-09
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