title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies from wild canids from Brazil.
abstract: The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies was evaluated by the indirect immunofluorescent-antibody test in serum of 57 wild canids from three different species: Lycalopex gymnocercus, Cerdocyon thous and Dusicyon vetulus from the northeast, southeast and southern regions of Brazil. The prevalence was 35.1%, with 20 of the 57 canids demonstrating antibodies anti-T. gondii at dilutions of 1:16 in 2, 1:32 in 4, 1:64 in 2, 1:128 in 2, 1:256 in 6, 1:512 in 2 and 1:2048 in 2 animals. None of the D. vetulus were positive. Among the L. gymnocercus 11 (91.7%) of the 12 samples were positive and among C. thous 9 (60%) of the 15 had antibodies anti-T. gondii.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo CEP, SP, Brazil. sgennari@usp.br
authors.forename: Solange M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gennari
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Canón-Franco
authors.forename: Lúcia E O
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Yai
authors.forename: Silvio L P
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Leonilda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Nara A R
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Jerônimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruas
authors.forename: Frances W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Albério A B
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000254:growth & development*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan