First report on seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep and goats in North Lebanon | Zendy

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First report on seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep and goats in North Lebanon

Author(s) -

Dima El Safadi,

Dany Abi Chahine,

Alissar Al Tarraf,

Omar Raii,

Karim Mesto,

Mohamad Bachar Ismail,

Monzer Hamzé

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11425

Subject(s) - seroprevalence , toxoplasma gondii , toxoplasmosis , direct agglutination test , livestock , transmission (telecommunications) , veterinary medicine , biology , epidemiology , antibody , environmental health , medicine , serology , immunology , virology , ecology , electrical engineering , engineering

Toxoplasmosis is of dual importance in both public and veterinary health due to the respective risk of transplacental transmission in primo-infected pregnant women and economic losses caused by abortions in mammals. One of the main routes of Toxoplasma gondii transmission to humans is the consumption of raw or undercooked meats containing parasitic cysts. Here, we performed the first epidemiological study to determine the seroprevalence and the risk factors of toxoplasmosis in livestock in Lebanon.

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