Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa
Risks related to Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans remain poorly known in Senegal. Although rodent surveys could help to assess the circulation of T. gondii, they have seldom been set up in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to examine Toxoplasma seroprevalence in rodents from village...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6050035 2023-05-15T18:05:14+02:00 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa Brouat, Carine Diagne, Christophe Amidi Ismaïl, Khadija Aroussi, Abdelkrim Dalecky, Ambroise Bâ, Khalilou Kane, Mamadou Niang, Youssoupha Diallo, Mamoudou Sow, Aliou Galal, Lokman Piry, Sylvain Dardé, Marie-Laure Mercier, Aurélien 2018-07-16 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050035/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016257 https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018036 en eng EDP Sciences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050035/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018036 © C. Brouat et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2018 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2018 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018036 2018-08-05T00:25:25Z Risks related to Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans remain poorly known in Senegal. Although rodent surveys could help to assess the circulation of T. gondii, they have seldom been set up in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to examine Toxoplasma seroprevalence in rodents from villages and towns across Senegal. Rodents were sampled in 40 localities using a standardised trapping protocol. Detection of T. gondii antibodies was performed on 1205 rodents, using a modified agglutination test (MAT) technique. Seroprevalence data were analysed depending on geography, the local rodent community, and individual characteristics of the rodent hosts. We found 44 seropositive rodents from four different species (Mastomys erythroleucus, Mastomys natalensis, Mus musculus domesticus, Rattus rattus). Toxoplasma seroprevalence was low, averaging 4% in the localities. Higher Toxoplasma seroprevalence (up to 24%) was found in northern Senegal, a region known to be the heart of pastoral herding in the country. Text Rattus rattus PubMed Central (PMC) Parasite 25 32 |
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Risks related to Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans remain poorly known in Senegal. Although rodent surveys could help to assess the circulation of T. gondii, they have seldom been set up in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to examine Toxoplasma seroprevalence in rodents from villages and towns across Senegal. Rodents were sampled in 40 localities using a standardised trapping protocol. Detection of T. gondii antibodies was performed on 1205 rodents, using a modified agglutination test (MAT) technique. Seroprevalence data were analysed depending on geography, the local rodent community, and individual characteristics of the rodent hosts. We found 44 seropositive rodents from four different species (Mastomys erythroleucus, Mastomys natalensis, Mus musculus domesticus, Rattus rattus). Toxoplasma seroprevalence was low, averaging 4% in the localities. Higher Toxoplasma seroprevalence (up to 24%) was found in northern Senegal, a region known to be the heart of pastoral herding in the country. |
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Brouat, Carine Diagne, Christophe Amidi Ismaïl, Khadija Aroussi, Abdelkrim Dalecky, Ambroise Bâ, Khalilou Kane, Mamadou Niang, Youssoupha Diallo, Mamoudou Sow, Aliou Galal, Lokman Piry, Sylvain Dardé, Marie-Laure Mercier, Aurélien |
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Brouat, Carine Diagne, Christophe Amidi Ismaïl, Khadija Aroussi, Abdelkrim Dalecky, Ambroise Bâ, Khalilou Kane, Mamadou Niang, Youssoupha Diallo, Mamoudou Sow, Aliou Galal, Lokman Piry, Sylvain Dardé, Marie-Laure Mercier, Aurélien |
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa |
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa |
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa |
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa |
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa |
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