Rates of seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in polar bears and marine mammals around Svalbard

• Main Authors: Jensen, S K, Aars, Jon, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit Maureen, Åsbakk, K
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Svalbard; Svalbard_bear; Arctic; Norway; bearded seal; Delphinapterus leucas; Erignathus barbatus; International Polar Year; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina; Polar Biology; Pusa hispida; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811596; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811596

Little is known about the prevalence of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in the arctic marine food chain of Svalbard, Norway. In this study, plasma samples were analyzed for T. gondii antibodies using a direct agglutination test. Antibody prevalence was 45.6% among polar bears (Ursus maritimus), 18.7%...