Natural toxoplasma infection sought in the Indian grey mongoose (H. edwardsi, Greffroy, 1818) trapped in the eastern region., Saudi Arabia.
No doubt, the world wide distributed Toxoplasma gondii is more prevalent in nearly all the Middle East countries including Saudi Arabia. In this paper, natural Toxoplasma infection was sought in six mongooses trapped in the Eastern Region of the Kingdom. Four had seropositivity by the indirect haemagglutination tests (IHAT), the parasite was demonstrated in the spleen smears of two of them and Toxoplasma parasites were successfully isolated by mice I.P. inoculation from one of them. The results were discussed. It was concluded that Toxoplasma infection, a zoonotic protozoal parasite, is increasing in Saudi Arabia and its epidemiological status should be studied.
al Dakhil
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Morsy
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D008988:Herpestidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D015995:Prevalence; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015047:Zoonoses
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan