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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic sheep in Belgium. [1]

Food consumption and food safety   [2]

Peer reviewed scientific article

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Authors

Verhelst, D [3]; Stéphane De Craeye [4]; Vanrobaeys, M [5]; Czaplicki, G [6]; Dorny, P [7]; Cox, E [8]

Keywords

  1. Animals [9]
  2. Antibodies, Protozoan [10]
  3. Belgium [11]
  4. Immunoglobulin G [12]
  5. Seroepidemiologic Studies [13]
  6. Sheep [14]
  7. Sheep Diseases [15]
  8. Toxoplasma [16]
  9. Toxoplasmosis, Animal [17]

Abstract:

Even though infected sheep are a potential source of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans, information is lacking concerning the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in sheep in Belgium. We examined 3170 serum samples for anti-Toxoplasma IgG in sheep by total lysate antigen (TLA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). IgG to T. gondii was demonstrated in 87.4% of the tested sheep and in 96.2% of the 209 tested flocks. The seroprevalences in Antwerp (65.2%) and Wallonia (68.6%) are statistically lower than in the other regions in Belgium (96.7-97.8%) (P
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Abstract

Even though infected sheep are a potential source of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans, information is lacking concerning the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in sheep in Belgium. We examined 3170 serum samples for anti-Toxoplasma IgG in sheep by total lysate antigen (TLA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). IgG to T. gondii was demonstrated in 87.4% of the tested sheep and in 96.2% of the 209 tested flocks. The seroprevalences in Antwerp (65.2%) and Wallonia (68.6%) are statistically lower than in the other regions in Belgium (96.7-97.8%) (P<0.05). The present study is the first report that analyzed the prevalence of T. gondii infection in sheep in Belgium and confirms the high prevalence of Toxoplasma-specific IgG antibodies in the sheep population.

Associated health topics:

Food consumption and food safety [2]

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[1] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio/seroprevalence-toxoplasma-gondii-domestic-sheep-belgium [2] https://sciensano.be/en/health-topics/food-consumption-and-food-safety [3] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46011&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Verhelst%2C%20D [4] https://sciensano.be/en/people/stephane-de-craeye/biblio [5] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46851&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Vanrobaeys%2C%20M [6] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=35508&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Czaplicki%2C%20G [7] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=46245&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Dorny%2C%20P [8] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=41373&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Cox%2C%20E [9] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=423&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Animals [10] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=31332&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Antibodies%2C%20Protozoan [11] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=444&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Belgium [12] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=3495&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Immunoglobulin%20G [13] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=19200&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Seroepidemiologic%20Studies [14] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=459&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Sheep [15] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=28173&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Sheep%20Diseases [16] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=1110&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Toxoplasma [17] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=32067&amp;f%5Bsearch%5D=Toxoplasmosis%2C%20Animal