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- Title
RISK FACTORS FOR TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN WILD RODENTS FROM CENTRAL COASTAL CALIFORNIA AND A REVIEW OF T. GONDII PREVALENCE IN RODENTS.
- Authors
Dabritz, Haydee A.; Miller, Melissa A.; Gardner, Ian A.; Packham, Andrea E.; Atwill, E. Robert; Conrad, Patricia A.
- Abstract
Sera from 523 wild rodents were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using either an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) (rats and mice, with titer ⩾80 considered positive) or a latex agglutination test (LAT) (voles, squirrels, and pocket mice, with titer ⩾32 considered positive). Seventeen percent (88/523) of the rodents, including 26% (85/328) of the Peromyscus sp. and 8% (3/37) of Spermophilus beecheyi, were seropositive. Fourteen percent (23/161) of rodents captured in trap sites next to Morro Bay (California) and 15% (16/109) of rodents from sites adjacent to riparian habitats had antibodies to T. gondii, compared to 19% (49/253) of rodents captured in habitats not associated with water; this difference was not statistically significant (P - 0.32). Significantly fewer rodents were captured <200 m from residential housing compared to locations further away (11% vs. 30%, respectively). Factors associated with an increased risk for T. gondii seropositivity in rodents were capture location ⩾200 m from residential housing and adult age.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; TOXOPLASMA gondii; RODENT diseases; DISEASE prevalence; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; FLUORESCENT antibody technique; AGGLUTINATION tests
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2008, Vol 94, Issue 3, p675
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/GE-1342R.1