Galat, Maryna; Moré, Gaston; Frey, Caroline F; Kovalenko, Ganna; Maliuk, Inna; Halka, Ihor; Sytiuk, Mykola; Bezymennyi, Maksym; Galat, Vladyslav; Jokelainen, Pikka (2024). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (Sus scrofa) hunted in Ukraine. International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 23 Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100901
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Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic parasite worldwide, but it has received limited attention in Ukraine. A seroepidemiological study was conducted and samples from 452 wild boars that had been hunted in 2006-2011 in 23 of the 25 regions of Ukraine were tested to estimate T. gondii seroprevalence. A locally available commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for the investigation. Additionally, we tested 92 of the sera using a widely used commercial multi-species ELISA and an indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). With the locally available ELISA, 35 of the 452 wild boars tested positive, yielding a seroprevalence estimate of 7.7% (95% confidence interval 5.5-10.5). The seropositive wild boars originated from eight of the regions. Using the majority criteria, 10/92 samples tested using both ELISAs and the IFAT were considered positive, yielding an estimated seroprevalence of 10.9% within the subset of samples. The highest seroprevalence was observed in wild boars hunted in Luhans'k (30.0%), Odesa (17.7%) and Kharkiv (12.7%). Seroprevalence was higher in older animals (13.3% for age group >12 months and 7.7% for age group ≤12 months). This is the first seroepidemiological study of T. gondii in wild boars in Ukraine. Assuming that seropositivity indicates presence of infectious parasites in the tissues, eating undercooked meat of wild boars hunted in Ukraine could be a potential source of infection to other hosts, including humans.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Parasitology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Galat, Maryna, Frey Marreros Canales, Caroline Franziska |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
2213-2244 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
26 Jan 2024 15:44 |
Last Modified: |
26 Jan 2024 15:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100901 |
PubMed ID: |
38274348 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Antibodies Serology Toxoplasmosis Ukraine Wild boars Zoonosis |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/192161 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/192161 |
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