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ArticleBMC veterinary research2019

Toxoplasma gondii oocyst-driven infection in pigs, chickens and humans in northeastern China.

Xiao-Yi Liu, Ze-Dong Wang, Saeed El-Ashram, Quan Liu

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Article in BMC veterinary research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Yi LiuCollege of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
Ze-Dong WangCollege of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
Saeed El-AshramCollege of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
Quan LiuCollege of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. liuquan1973@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-3196
Foshan University · CN

Funding

Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine of Education Department in Guangdong Province of China 2014KTSPT037National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFD0501304 and 2016YFC1201602National Natural Science Foundation of China 31672542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundToxoplasma gondii, an intracellular apicomplexan protozoan parasite, can infect almost all warm-blooded animals. The aim of the present study was to investigate T. gondii oocyst-driven infection in pigs, chickens and humans in Jilin province, northeastern China.

resultsThe serum samples of pigs, chickens and humans were sampled and tested by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) using dense granule antigen GRA7, oocyst-specific protein OWP8, and sporozoite-specific protein CCp5A, respectively. Results showed a prevalence of 16.7% by GRA7-ELISA, and 12.2% by OWP8- and CCp5A-ELISA in pigs; 10.4% by GRA7-ELISA, 13.5% by OWP8-ELISA, and 9.4% by CCp5A-ELISA in chickens; and 14.2% by GRA7-ELISA, 3.6% by OWP8-ELISA, and 3.0% by CCp5A-ELISA in humans. No significant differences were observed between T. gondii seroprevalence in pigs and chickens among the three antigens-based ELISAs (P > 0.05). However, there were significant differences between T. gondii seroprevalence rates in humans (P < 0.05). These findings demonstrated a low prevalence of T. gondii oocyst-driven infection in humans, a medium prevalence in pigs, and a high prevalence in chickens.

conclusionsThe present study demonstrated that different oocyst-driven infection rates in different animal species, which would help to design effective strategies to prevent T. gondii transmission. To our knowledge, this is the first study to differentiate T. gondii infective forms in pigs, chickens and humans in China.

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AnimalsAntigens, ProtozoanChickensChinaEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansOocystsPoultry DiseasesProtozoan ProteinsSeroepidemiologic StudiesSwineSwine DiseasesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisToxoplasmosis, AnimalAntigens, ProtozoanProtozoan ProteinsCCp5AELISAGRA7OocystOWP8SporozoiteToxoplasma gondii

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PMCPMC6814962
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