ANTIBODIES TO LEISHMANIA INFANTUM, NEOSPORA CANINUM AND TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN CATS IN CAMPO GRANDE, MS
Autor(es): Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Isabela Maria Campanelli dos Santos, Iara Helena Domingos, João Bosco Vilella Campos, Haroldo H. Neves, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Marcos Rogério André
ANTIBODIES TO LEISHMANIA INFANTUM, NEOSPORA CANINUM AND TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN CATS IN CAMPO GRANDE, MS
» Área de pesquisa: PROTOZOOLOGIA
» Instituição: Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCAV-UNESP Jaboticabal)
» Agência de fomento e patrocinadores: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP Processo número 2013/09889-0)
The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence of antibodies to Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania infantum in 151 domiciled cats and cats from Center for Zoonosis Control from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, through the indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT). . IgG antibodies to T. gondii, N. caninum and L. infantum were found in 49 (32.2%), 34 (22.3%) and 10 (6.5%) sampled cats, respectively. A positive association between infections by T. gondii and N. caninum, T. gondii and L. infantum and N. caninum and L. infantum (p < 0.05) was verified. Also, a positive association among gender, area of activity and infection by T. gondii (p = 0.0324) was observed. However, no significant association was observed between gender, area of activity and infection by either N. caninum or L. infantum. This study showed that cats from a Brazilian endemic area for visceral leishmaniasis are exposed to tree different protozoan which two of them are important zoonoses.
