title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax) and wild sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
abstract: The ingestion of undercooked meat from wild animals can be a source of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and other animals. In this study, we determined the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in 175 wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax) and 107 wild sika deer (Cervus nippon) hunted in 2004-2007 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, by using a commercial latex agglutination test (LAT). Antibodies (LAT, 1:64 or higher) to T. gondii were found in 6.3% of wild boars and 1.9% of sika deer. This is the first record of T. gondii infection in wild deer in Japan, and deer and wild boar meat should be cooked well before human consumption.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Zoology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. junmatsu@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yune
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kako
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kabeya
authors.forename: Chieko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan