title: Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sera of rare wildlife in the Shanghai Zoological Garden, People's Republic of China.
abstract: The prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sera of rare wildlife in the Shanghai Zoological Garden, PR China, was examined using a modified agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Forty-one (35%) of 117 animals belonging to two classes, 10 orders, 18 families, 37 genera and 52 species (including sub-species) were sero-positive for MAT. By MAT, T. gondii antibodies were found in 11.1% (4/36) of birds, in 25% (4/16) of primates, in 69.4% (25/36) of carnivores and in 27.6% (8/29) of herbivores. Thirty-three (33.7%) of 98 animals tested by protein A ELISA were sero-positive. By ELISA, T. gondii antibodies were found in none of 36 birds, in 33.3% (4/12) of primates, in 87.1% (27/31) of carnivores and in 10.5% (2/19) of herbivores.
authors.affiliation: Parasitic Diseases Department, Shanghai Municipal Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Shanghai 200031, PR China. jisheng@cdpc.sh.cn
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan