title: Serological survey of paracoccidioidomycosis in cats.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to evaluate infection of cats by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Serum samples of 136 cats from rural (n = 86) and urban areas (n = 50) were analyzed by indirect ELISA and immunodiffusion test using P. brasiliensis gp43 and exoantigen as antigens, respectively, and an overall reactivity of 31.6 % was observed by ELISA although no reactivity was detected by immunodiffusion. The positivity observed in animals living in rural areas (48.8 %) with free access to soil was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) than among urban animals (2 %) with limited access to soil, although no significant difference was observed in relation to age or sex. The high rates of positivity observed in cats from rural areas suggest that not diagnosed cases of this mycosis may be occurring in cats living in endemic areas for human paracoccidioidomycosis. This is the first report showing serological evidence of P. brasiliensis infection in cats.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Gonçalves de
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Donizeti Rodrigues
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Belitardo
authors.forename: Mara Regina Stipp
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Balarin
authors.forename: Roberta Lemos
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.forename: Zoilo Pires de
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.forename: Mario Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood*; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000276:immunology*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal
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