Antibodies to Toxoplasma Gondii in veterinary medicine students of Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

Ciência Rural

Araújo, Cristina Pires de¹  Cusinato, Flávia Queiróz¹  Amorim, Jan Heber¹  Sarti, Enio Cesar¹  Araújo, Flábio Ribeiro de¹  Seabra, Viviane Maria Souza¹  Carvalho, Cristiano Marcelo Espinola¹  Crocci, Adalberto José² 

[1] Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da Região do Pantanal, Campo Grande;UNESP, Campus de Botucatu

关键词: toxoplasma;    serological survey;    students;    veterinary medicine     INTRODUÇÃO A toxoplasmose é uma antropozoonose causada pelo protozoário Toxoplasma gondii;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782000000600016

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria * Centro de Ciencias Rurais

【 摘 要 】

Serum samples obtained from students of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da Região do Pantanal, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, were examined for Toxoplasma gondii gondii antibodies. Serum samples from 44 (30.34%) of the 145 veterinary students examined were positive on the hemagglutination test, yielding a titer of 1:16 or greater. There were no relations between the epidemiological characteristics examined, such as food habits (eating of raw or rare-cooked cattle meat, raw/uncleaned vegetables, unpasteurized dairy products), frequent contact with dogs and the presence of T. gondii antibodies, except for a significantly higher percentual of seropositive students that reported frequent contact with cats (P=0.03).

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC