Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Among Nunavik Inuit (Canada)

• Published in: Zoonoses and Public Health
• Main Authors: Messier, V., Lévesque, B., Proulx, J.‐F., Rochette, L., Libman, M. D., Ward, B. J., Serhir, B., Couillard, M., Ogden, N. H., Dewailly, É., Hubert, B., Déry, S., Barthe, C., Murphy, D., Dixon, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; General Veterinary; General Immunology and Microbiology; Epidemiology; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nunavik; Ungava Bay; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01177.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1863-2378.2008.01177.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01177.x

Summary As a result of their intimate contact with the land and their nutritional habits, the Inuit of Nunavik are considered to be at risk from zoonotic infections. To better understand the risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection, a serosurvey was conducted in Nunavik, Québec, in September 200...