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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic sheep in Belgium

Verhelst, D.
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Vanrobaeys, M.
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Czaplicki, G.
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Dorny, Pierre
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Cox, E.
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Even though infected sheep are a potential source of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans, information is lacking concerning the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in sheep in Belgium. We examined 3170 serum samples for anti-Toxoplasma IgG in sheep by total lysate antigen (TLA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). IgG to T. gondii was demonstrated in 87.4% of the tested sheep and in 96.2% of the 209 tested flocks. The seroprevalences in Antwerp (65.2%) and Wallonia (68.6%) are statistically lower than in the other regions in Belgium (96.7-97.8%) (P<0.05). The present study is the first report that analyzed the prevalence of T. gondii infection in sheep in Belgium and confirms the high prevalence of Toxoplasma-specific IgG antibodies in the sheep population

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2014-09-15
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Animal, antibodies, Antibody, Antwerp, article, Belgium, Brussels, care, disease, Diseases, Domestic, electronic, environment, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Faculty, Flanders, food, Food Chain, health, health care, HEALTH-CARE, High prevalence, Human, Humans, im, immunology, INFECTION, Infectious, Infectious diseases, INFORMATION, Institute, IS, journal, Laboratories, Medicine, national, parasitology, POPULATION, present, prevalence, public, public health, Public-health, region, report, Research, Research Support, Sample, Samples, SB - IM, Science, serum, Service, Sheep, study, Toxoplasma, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Universities, university, veterinary, Veterinary Medicine, Wallonia
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14493/9109
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