Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in meat-producing animals in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The consumption of uncooked or undercooked food from infected intermediate hosts can result in Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans. However, few studies have investigated the genetic diversity of this protozoan parasite in Iran. The aim of the present study was to genetically characterize isolates of T. gondii from intermediate host animals in Mazandaran Province, Iran.

Methods

Blood and heart tissue samples were collected from 204 ruminants, and brain tissue was collected from 335 birds. The prevalence of T. gondii infection in these samples was determined serologically using the modified agglutination test and by conventional PCR assays. Those PCR samples positive for T. gondii DNA and 13 DNA samples extracted from aborted fetuses in a previous study were geno

SUBMITTER: Amouei A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature