Ações de vigilância continuada, papel do cão como animal sentinela para toxoplasmose.
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2008-09-01
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Ullmann, Leila S
Guimarães, Felipe F
Fornazari, Felipe
Tomé, Rozeani O
Camossi, Lucilene G
Greca, Haroldo
Silva, Rodrigo C
Menozzi, Brnedito D
Langoni, Hélio [UNESP]
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Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii and its definitive host is the domestic and wild felids infecting human beings and other warmblooded animals. Dogs are considered a potential risk on the transmission due they can mechanically transmit oocysts to man. In this study, a retrospective analysis of toxoplasmic infection in dog serum samples sent to Serviço de Diagnóstico de Zoonoses/FMVZ-UNESP/Botucatu, SP, in the period of 1998 to 2007 was performed. During this period 1097 serum samples were analyzed by the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), with 299 (27.25%) positive. The most frequent titer was 16 (42.80%), followed by 64 (37.79%). The results indicate that T.gondii is distributed in the environment showing the role of the dog as sentinel animal to toxoplasmosis to monitor public health actions to the control of this zoonosis.
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protozoon antibody, animal, animal disease, blood, dog, dog disease, immunology, retrospective study, sentinel surveillance, Toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, Animals, Antibodies, Protozoan, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Retrospective Studies, Sentinel Surveillance, Toxoplasmosis, Animal
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Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Órgão Oficial do Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária, v. 17 Suppl 1, p. 345-347.