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ArticleEuropean journal of microbiology & immunology2015

Prevalence of infection with Toxoplasma gondii in landrace and mixed breed pigs slaughtered in Baja California Sur State, Mexico.

Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Renata Fabiola Vazquez-Morales, Edgar Eusebio Colado-Romero, Ramiro Guzmán-Sánchez, Oliver Liesenfeld, Jitender P Dubey

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Article in European journal of microbiology & immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel
Renata Fabiola Vazquez-Morales
Edgar Eusebio Colado-Romero
Ramiro Guzmán-Sánchez
Oliver Liesenfeld
Jitender P Dubey
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur · MXAutonomous University of Durango · MXBeltsville Agricultural Research Center · USFranklin University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a cross-sectional study to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in 308 domestic pigs slaughtered in La Paz, Baja California Sur State, Mexico using the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut off 1:25). Forty (13%) of the 308 pigs were seropositive with MAT titers of 1:25 in 16, 1:50 in 5, 1:100 in 4, 1:200 in 5, 1:400 in 3, 1:800 in 3, 1:1600 in 2, and 1:3200 in 2. Multivariate analysis of pigs' characteristics showed that seropositivity to T. gondii was negatively associated with mixed breed (OR = 0.02; 95% CI: 0.003-0.26; P = 0.001). Other variables including sex, type of raising, and municipality did not show an association with T. gondii seropositivity by multivariate analysis. The frequency of high antibody titers (≥1:400) was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in Landrace pigs than mixed breed pigs. The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in pigs for slaughter in Baja California Sur State is low compared with seroprevalences reported in pigs in other Mexican states. Landrace pigs demonstrated higher seroprevalence rates and antibody levels than mixed breed pigs. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in pigs raised in a desert climate.

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epidemiologyMexicopigsseroprevalenceToxoplasma gondii

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PMID25883799
PMCPMC4397853
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