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Serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats (Belém, Pará, Brazil). 2020
Katarine de Souza Rocha, and
Michele de Souza Lima, and
Thamillys Rayssa Marques Monteiro, and
Betsy Emely Tavares Honorio, and
Ana Paula Vilhena Beckman Pinho, and
Giselle Souza da Paz, and
Alessandra Scofield, and
Gustavo Góes Cavalcante, and
Paulo Cesar Magalhães-Matos, and
Francisco Dantas Sampaio Junior, and
Isis Abel, and
Helio Langoni, and
Carla Cristina Guimarães de Moraes
Laboratório de Zoonoses e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Instituto de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA, Castanhal, PA, Brasil.
We evaluated the prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the serum samples collected from domestic cats in Belém, Pará, Brazil. We also correlated the presence of T. gondii antibodies with environmental variables and cat-owner habits. Four-hundred and forty-seven serum samples from domestic cats were analyzed. The sera were tested using an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Among the animals analyzed, 21.92% (98/447) were seropositive. A statistically significant association was found in relation to age and serology among the animals over 1 year old (p<0.01): in the group up to 1 year old, 12.82% (20/156) of the animals were positive, and in the group over 1 year old, 26.80% (78/291) were positive. Our results show that the cats in Belém, Pará region have anti-T. gondii antibodies, and their owners are not aware of toxoplasmosis or how to prevent its transmission.
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