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ArticleRevista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria2023

Toxoplasma gondii infection in pig intended for human consumption: seroprevalence, risk factors and influence of biosecurity measures.

Agostinho Sergio Scofano, Igor Falco Arruda, Jessica Nogueira Teixeira, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Elmiro Rosendo do Nascimento, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira, Patrícia Riddell Millar

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Article in Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Agostinho Sergio ScofanoInstituto de Defesa Agropecuária e Florestal - IDAF, Cariacica, ES, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-5133
Igor Falco ArrudaLaboratório de Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0481-4373
Jessica Nogueira TeixeiraInstituto de Defesa Agropecuária e Florestal - IDAF, Cariacica, ES, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-7448
Nathalie Costa da CunhaDepartamento de Saúde Coletiva Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-5098
Elmiro Rosendo do NascimentoDepartamento de Saúde Coletiva Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-8933
Maria Regina Reis AmendoeiraLaboratório de Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0867-1445
Patrícia Riddell MillarDepartamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-672X
Universidade Federal Fluminense · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A serologic and epidemiologic study was carried out in order to determinate herd and animal seroprevalence and associated factors for Toxoplasma gondii in commercial pigs from Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Blood samples were collected from 416 pigs from 55 producer farms in 27 municipalities. An indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA) was performed to estimate the seroprevalence of T. gondii and identify the associated risk factors using a questionnaire. The T. gondii antibody prevalence rate in commercial swine herds was 15.4% (64/416) using a cutoff of 1:64. The seropositivity for T. gondii was related to the presence of cats, water origin and age of swine in the increase of seroprevalence, and the existence of internal isolation fences and use of composting chambers as protective factors. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report anti- T. gondii antibodies in the serum of pigs in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding is important to public health because seropositive pigs can harbor tissue cysts in their meat, thereby representing a zoonotic risk for consumers of raw or undercooked porcine meat or its products.

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Swine DiseasesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, AnimalAnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanBiosecurityHumansRisk FactorsSeroepidemiologic StudiesSwineAntibodies, Protozoan

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