Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among small mammals in Tatarstan, Russian Federation.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 11 2021
12 11 2021
Historique:
received:
16
02
2021
accepted:
18
10
2021
entrez:
13
11
2021
pubmed:
14
11
2021
medline:
27
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite with a wide host range that includes humans, domestic animals and wild animals. Small mammals serve as intermediate hosts for T. gondii and may contribute to the persistence of this parasite in the environment. Mass mortality in wild animals and deaths in rare endemic species make the study of this parasite of growing importance. In this study, T. gondii infection prevalence was evaluated in brain tissues from 474 small mammals captured at 26 trapping points in urban and rural areas of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. Nested PCR was used to detect the T. gondii B1 gene in the samples. Overall, 40/474 samples (8.44%) showed B1 gene positivity. T. gondii infection among the wild small mammals trapped in the rural area was significantly higher as a whole than that of the urban area as a whole. Multivariate logistical regression analysis also showed that the trapping area (rural or urban) significantly contributed to T. gondii positivity. Vegetation in the trapping points, small mammal species, sex, age or distance from the trapping points to the nearest human settlements did not significantly affect T. gondii positivity in the sampled small mammals.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34772977
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01582-y
pii: 10.1038/s41598-021-01582-y
pmc: PMC8589860
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
22184Subventions
Organisme : Joint Research Program of the Research Center for ZoonHsis Control, Hokkaido University
ID : H27
Organisme : the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
ID : 19-34-90024
Organisme : the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
ID : 18fk0108010j0003
Organisme : the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
ID : 19fk0108047h0003
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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