title: [Continued vigilance actions, dogs role as sentinel animal to toxoplasmosis].
abstract: Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii and its definitive host is the domestic and wild felids infecting human beings and other warmblooded animals. Dogs are considered a potential risk on the transmission due they can mechanically transmit oocysts to man. In this study, a retrospective analysis of toxoplasmic infection in dog serum samples sent to Serviço de Diagnóstico de Zoonoses/FMVZ-UNESP/Botucatu, SP, in the period of 1998 to 2007 was performed. During this period 1097 serum samples were analyzed by the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), with 299 (27.25%) positive. The most frequent titer was 16 (42.80%), followed by 64 (37.79%). The results indicate that T.gondii is distributed in the environment showing the role of the dog as sentinel animal to toxoplasmosis to monitor public health actions to the control of this zoonosis.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Unesp/Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leila S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ullmann
authors.forename: Felipe F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fornazari
authors.forename: Rozeani O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Tomé
authors.forename: Lucilene G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Camossi
authors.forename: Haroldo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Greca
authors.forename: Rodrigo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Brnedito D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Menozzi
authors.forename: Helio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langoni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan