Antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats from Brazil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-285

  Bresciani, K D S ^a   Gennari, S M ^b   Serrano, A C M ^a   Rodrigues, A A R ^b   Ueno, T ^b   Franco, L G ^a   Perri, S H V ^a   Amarante, A F T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREED; CAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33845391215     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0262-4     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Camargo ME (1964) Improved technique of indirect immunofluorescence for serological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo 3(6):117-118
2. Carvalho CS Padronização do Elisa Teste para a detecção de anticorpos das classes IgM e IgG em soros de gatos experimentalmente infectados com taquizoítos de T. gondii. (1999) Dissertação (Mestrado em Medicina Veterinária) Universidade Estadual Paulista-Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias 76
3. DeFeo ML, Dubey JP, Mather TN, Rhodes RC (2002) Epidemiologic investigation of seroprevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in cats and rodents. Am J Vet Res 63(12):1714-1717
4. Dubey JP (1986) Toxoplasmosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 189(2):166-170
5. Dubey JP (1998) Re-examination of resistance of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites and bradyzoites to tripsin digestion. J Parasitol 116 (1):43-50
6. Dubey JP, Carpenter JL (1993) Neonatal toxoplasmosis in littermate cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 203(11):1546-1549
7. Dubey JP, Hoover EA (1977) Attempted transmission of Toxoplasma gondii infections from pregnant cats to their kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 170(5):538-540
8. Dubey JP, Lindsay DS (1989) Transplacental Neospora caninum infection in cats. J Parasitol 75(5):765-771
9. Dubey JP, Lappin MR, Thulliez P (1995a) Long-term contrabody responses of cats fed Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts. J Parasitol 81(6):887-893
10. Dubey JP, Lappin MR, Thulliez P (1995b) Diagnosis of induced toxoplasmosis in neonatal cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 207(2):179-185
11. Dubey JP, Mattix ME, Lipscomb TP (1996) Lesions of neonatally induced toxoplasmosis in cats. Vet Pathol 33(3):290-295
12. Dubey JP, Lindsay DS, Hill D, Romand S, Thulliez P, Kwok OC, Silva JC, Oliveira-Camargo MC, Gennari SM (2002) Prevalence of contrabodies to Neospora caninum and Sarcocystis neurona in sera of domestic cats from Brazil. J Parasitol 88(6):1251-1252
13. Dubey JP, Navarro IT, Sreekumar C, Dahl E, Freire RL, Kawabata HH, Vianna MCB, Kwok OCH, Shen SK, Thulliez P, Lehmann T (2004) Toxoplasma gondii infections in cats from Paraná, Brasil: seroprevalence, tissue distribution, and biological and genetic characterization of isolates. J Parasitol 90(4):721-726
14. Ferroglio E, Guiso P, Pasino M, Accossato A, Trisciuoglio A (2005) Antibodies to Neospora caninum in stray cats from north Italy. Vet Parasitol 131:31-34
15. Frenkel JK (1973) Toxoplasmosis: parasite, life cycle, pathology and immunology. In: Hammond DM, Long PL (eds) The coccidia: Eimeria, Isospora, Toxoplasma and related genera. University Park Press, Baltimore, pp 343-410
16. Frenkel JK, Dubey JP, Miller NL (1970) Toxoplasma gondii in cats: fecal stages identified as coccidian oocysts. Science 167 (919):893-896
17. Garcia JL, Navarro IT, Ogawa L, Oliveira RC (1999) Soroprevalência do Toxoplasma gondii, em suinos, bovinos, ovinos e eqüinos, e sua correlação com humanos, felinos e caninos, oriundos de propriedades rurais do norte do Paraná-Brasil. Ciênc Rural 29(1):91-97
18. Haddadzadeh HR, Khazraiinia P, Aslani M, Rezaeian M, Jamshidi S, Taheri M, Bahonar A (2006) Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in stray and household cats in Tehran. Vet Parasitol 138(3-4):211-216
19. Huang CC, Yang CH, Watanabe Y, Liao YK, Ooi HK (2004) Finding of Neospora caninum in the wild brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Vet Res 35:283-290
20. Hutchison WM, Dunachie JF, Work K (1968) The fecal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii. Acta Path Microbiol Scand 74(3):462-464
21. Hutchison WM, Dunachie JF, Siim JC, Work K (1970) Coccidian-like nature of Toxoplasma gondii. Br Med J 1(689):142-144
22. Hutchison WM, Dunachie JF, Work K, Siim JC (1971) The life cycle of the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii in the domestic cat. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 65(3):380-399
23. Langoni H, Silva AV, Cabral KG, Cunha ELP, Cutolo AA (2001) Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in cats from Sao Paulo and Parana States. Braz J Vet Res Anim Sci 38(1/6):243-244
24. Lucas SRR, Hagiwara MK, Reche Junior A, Germano PML (1998) Ocorrência de anticorpos contratoxoplasma em gatos infectados naturalmente pelo vírus da imunodeficiência dos felinos. Braz J Vet Res Anim Sci 35(1):41-45
25. Maruyama S, Kabeya H, Nakao R, Tanaka S, Sakai T, Xuan X, Katsube Y, Mikami T (2003) Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae, Toxoplasma gondii, FIV and FeLV infections in domestic cats in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 47(2):147-153
26. Mckinney HR (1973) A study of Toxoplasma infections in cats as detected by the indirect fluorescent antibody method. Vet Med Small Anim Clin 493-495
27. Miró M, Montoya A, Jiménez S, Frisuelos C, Mateo M, Fuentes I (2004) Prevalence of contrabodies to Toxoplasma gondii and intestinal parasites in stray, farm and household cats in Spain. N Vet Parasitol 126(3):249-255
28. Omata Y, Oikawa H, Kanda M, Mizazuki K, Nakabayashi T, Suzuki N (1990) Experimental feline toxoplasmosis: humoral immune responses of cats inoculated orally with Toxoplasma gondii cysts and oocysts. Nippon Juigaku Zasshi 524:865-867
29. Ovalle F, Garcia A, Thibauth J, Lorca M (2000) Prevalence of contra-Toxoplasma gondii contrabodies in cats from the city of Valdivia, Chile. Bol Chil Parasitol 55(3-4):94-99
30. Pare J, Hietala SK, Thurmond MC (1995) Interpretation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test for diagnosis of Neospora sp. infection in cattle. J Vet Diagn Invest 7(2):273-275
31. Pena HFJ, Soares RM, Amaku M, Dubey JP, Gennari SM (2006) Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats from São Paulo state, Brazil: seroprevalence, oocysts shedding, isolation in mice, and biologic and molecular characterization. Res Vet Sci 81:58-67
32. Powell CC, Brewer M, Lappin MR (2001) Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in the milk of experimentally infected lactating cats. Vet Parasitol 102(1):29-33
33. Silva JCR, Gennari SM, Ragozzo AMA, Amajones VR, Magnaboscot C, Yai LEO, Ferreira-Neto JS, Dubey JP (2002) Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii contrabodies in sera of domestic cats from Guarulhos and São Paulo. J Parasitol 88(2):419-420
34. Smielewska L, Pacon J (2002) Toxoplasma gondii infection of cats in epizootiological and clinical aspects. Pol J Vet Sci 5 (4):227-230
35. Svoboda M, Svobodová V (1987) Effects of breed, sex, age, management and nutrition on the incidence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dogs and cats. Acta Vet Brno 56:315-330