Prevalence and genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii in pork from retail meat stores in Eastern China.
Pork is known as one of the most important sources of Toxoplasma gondii infection in China. In the present study, 416 fresh pork samples were collected from different locations of Anhui province, Eastern China. Tissue fluid ELISA was conducted to detect the antibodies to T. gondii. Real-time PCR and bioassay were performed to identify the presence of T. gondii DNA and viable parasites, respectively. Seventy-five out of 416 samples (18.03%) demonstrated real-time PCR positive reaction and 42 out of 416 samples (10.1%) showed tissue fluid ELISA positive reaction. One isolate (Tgpkfx171) was obtained through bioassay in mice from 14 samples that demonstrated both PCR and ELISA positive reaction. The isolate and seven positive DNA samples were genotyped using 9 PCR-RFLP markers including SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1 and Apico. Among these, only the isolate and two positive DNA samples were genotyped with complete data for all loci, belonging to ToxoDB#9 (Chinese 1) and ToxoDB#213, respectively. This is the first report of the prevalence and genetic typing of T. gondii from pork in retail meat stores in China. The present results provide an accurate picture of the risk of exposure to T. gondii in retail pork in China.
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.
Hua
H
Wang
Teng
T
Wang
Qingli
Q
Luo
Xingxing
X
Huo
Lin
L
Wang
Tingting
T
Liu
Xiucai
X
Xu
Yong
Y
Wang
Fangli
F
Lu
Zhaorong
Z
Lun
Li
L
Yu
Jilong
J
Shen
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D005838:Genotype; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000506:poisoning; D051379:Mice; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015995:Prevalence; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012306:Risk; D013552:Swine; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000517:prevention & control
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan