Antibodies against toxoplasma in commensal rodents trapped in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia.
Toxoplasma gondii, that protozoal parasite which causes toxoplasmosis, pays no respect to boundaries of Zoology and Geography. It has been reported in a large number of birds and mammals including man from nearly all over the world. In Saudi Arabia, the incidence of human infection ranges between 21% and 49.3%. In this paper, the level of antibodies against Toxoplasma in sera of different species of rodents was measured by the indirect haemagglutination tests (IHA). The seropositivities ranged between 12.5% (Mus musculus) and 41.7% (Rattus norvegicus). The overall rate of infection was 35.6%. The role played by rodents in the spreading of the Toxoplasma infection was discussed.
Morsy
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Sabry
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Habib
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Arafa
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el Bahrawy
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al Dakhil
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan