All about toxoplasmosis in cats: the last decade.
Clinical disease
Diagnosis
Genotype
Oocyst
Prevalence
Toxoplasma gondii
Treatment
Journal
Veterinary parasitology
ISSN: 1873-2550
Titre abrégé: Vet Parasitol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7602745
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
30
03
2020
revised:
17
05
2020
accepted:
18
05
2020
pubmed:
10
7
2020
medline:
2
4
2021
entrez:
10
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide. Toxoplasmosis continues to be of public health concern. Cats (domestic and wild felids) are the most important host in the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis because they are the only species that can excrete the environmentally resistant oocysts in feces. Cats can excrete millions of oocysts and a single cat can spread infection to many hosts. The present paper summarizes information on prevalence, persistence of infection, clinical signs, and diagnosis of T. gondii infections in domestic and wild cats for the past decade. Special emphasis is paid to genetic diversity of T. gondii isolates from cats. Review of literature indicates that a unique genotype (ToxoDB genotype #9 or Chinese 1) is widely prevalent in cats in China and it has been epidemiologically linked to outbreaks of clinical toxoplasmosis in pigs and deaths in humans in China; this genotype has rarely been detected in other countries. This review will be of interest to biologists, parasitologists, veterinarians, and public health workers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32645556
pii: S0304-4017(20)30125-4
doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109145
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109145Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier B.V.