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RISK OF TOXOPLASMOSIS FROM CATS

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Infectious diseases
Microbiology, mycology and immunology

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, there are two hosts , cats play an important role as definitive hosts , cattle, sheep ,goats and human may play as intermediate hosts. Humans be infected by eating tissue cysts from Not cooked flesh and eat contaminated feed or water with oocytes shed in the faecal of infected cats. diagnosis of T. gondii  itself is affirmation  the infection but difficult, so many  laboratories use serological methods  to detect immunoglobulins  which specific to  T. gondii : latex agglutination (LA) test, Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay  and indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) those methods was differ in  specificity and sensitivity there is no systematic review that can perform the state of toxoplasmosis in the definitive  host. Therefore the aims of the current existing review was to decided the risk factor of T. gondii infection and demonstrated  the epidemiological form of infection in cats in Iraq.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2020.167303

Keywords

Key words: Cat, Toxoplasmosis, Risk, Epidemiology, Host

Authors

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wasen

Last Name

Alobaidii

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Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

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wasenamjad@yahoo.com

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MANAL

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HASAN

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Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

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BAYDAA

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MAHMMOOD

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Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

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Volume

66

Article Issue

166

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24251

Issue Date

2020-07-01

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2020-07-12

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2020-07-01

Page Start

51

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60

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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Research article

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1,840

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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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23 Jan 2023