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Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60281 Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa Neves, Luís C.B.G. u14434289@tuks.co.za Etter, Eric Marcel Charles Tagwireyi, Whatmore Munetsi UCTD Toxoplasma gondii Latex agglutination test Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Oliver Reginald Tambo District Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that has a wide range of hosts including humans. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate T. gondii seroprevalence and associated risk factors in small ruminants, pigs, poultry and cats in the Oliver Reginald Tambo District in the Eastern Cape in South Africa between June 2016 and October 2016. Household-level and animal-level data were collected using a close-ended questionnaire. One sample of each present species was collected in each household. The Toxoreagent ®, Mast Group, United Kingdom, latex agglutination test, was used for T. gondii antibody detection. Positive samples had agglutination patterns at dilutions of 1:64 or greater, except for chickens, whose cut off titre was 1:32. A household was classified as T. gondii seropositive if at least one species tested positive. The study revealed that 78 out of 121 sheep (64.46%), 69 out of 128 goats (53.91%), 36 out of 106 pigs (33.96%), 35 out of 109 cats (32.11%) and 46 out of 137 chickens (33.58%) were seropositive for the parasite. Seropositivity was assessed for association with potential risk factors. Age, location, climate, animal production system, rodent control, cat-feed access and cat faecal disposal were found to be significantly associated with seropositivity using the Chi-Squared test or odds ratio confirmed by the Fisher's exact test. The relatively high seroprevalence of T. gondii detected in this study suggests that the infection T. gondii poses a substantial public health risk through the consumption of infected raw or undercooked meat infected with T.gondii cysts as well as contact with cat faeces infected with T. gondii oocysts. Veterinary Tropical Diseases MSc Unrestricted 2017-05-08T10:06:18Z 2017-05-08T10:06:18Z 2017-04-07 2016 Dissertation Tagwireyi, WM 2016, Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District South Africa, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60281> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60281 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Toxoplasma gondii Latex agglutination test Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Oliver Reginald Tambo District Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title | Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title_full | Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title_short | Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the OR Tambo District, South Africa |
| title_sort | seroprevalence and associated risk factors of toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in the or tambo district south africa |
| topic | UCTD Toxoplasma gondii Latex agglutination test Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Oliver Reginald Tambo District |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60281 |