Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in neotropical primates from São Paulo state, Brazil


H DE MOURA
CH ADANIA
HS SOARES
JCR SILVA
SM GENNARI
L CARDOSO
AP LOPES
Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening disease in neotropical primates. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in neotropical primates from São Paulo state (SP), Brazil. The modified agglutination test (MAT, cut-off: 25) was used in 49 neotropical primates upon or after their admission to Associação Mata Ciliar (Jundiaí, SP, Brazil). Eight of the 49 animals (16.3%) were seropositive. The genus Sapajus had the highest antibody titer (12,800), followed by the genus Callithrix (3,200). No association (p> 0.05) was found between seroprevalence and genera (Alouatta, Callicebus, Callithrix, and Sapajus), sex or age. The three positive primates of the genera Allouataand the one of the genera Callithrix died, whereas the two seropositive Sapajus were alive. Further studies on the epidemiology of T. gondii infection are necessary in a larger sample size of captive and wild neotropical primates.

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H DE MOURA

 Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

CH ADANIA

Associação Mata Ciliar, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil

Departamento de Reprodução Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

HS SOARES

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal (VPS), FMVZ, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Bem-Estar Animal, Universidade Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

JCR SILVA

Associação Mata Ciliar, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, Brazil

SM GENNARI

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal (VPS), FMVZ, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Bem-Estar Animal, Universidade Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

L CARDOSO

 Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal

AP LOPES

Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal

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