{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(12)"],"submitter":["Salama DB"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4><i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> and <i>Neospora caninum</i> are major protozoan parasites of worldwide distribution and significance in veterinary medicine and, for <i>T. gondii</i>, in public health. Cats and dogs, as final hosts for <i>T. gondii</i> and <i>N. caninum,</i> respectively, have a key function in environmental contamination with oocysts and, thus, in parasite transmission. Very little is known about the prevalence of <i>T. gondii</i> infections in dogs and cats in Egypt, and even less about the prevalence of <i>N. caninum</i> in the same hosts.<h4>Methods</h4>In the current study, 223 serum samples of both dogs (n = 172) and cats (n = 51) were investigated for specific antibodies to <i>T. gondii</i> and <i>N. caninum</i> using commercially available ELISAs. A risk"],"journal":["Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["1464"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9785966"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> and <i>Neospora caninum</i> Antibodies in Dogs and Cats from Egypt and Risk Factor Analysis."],"pmcid":["PMC9785966"],"pubmed_authors":["Frey CF","Aboelhadid SM","Salama DB","Abdelbaky HH","Fereig RM","Arafa WM","Metwally S","Mohamed AEA","Gupta N","Shahat MS","Suo X","Abas O"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> and <i>Neospora caninum</i> Antibodies in Dogs and Cats from Egypt and Risk Factor Analysis.","description":"<h4>Background</h4><i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> and <i>Neospora caninum</i> are major protozoan parasites of worldwide distribution and significance in veterinary medicine and, for <i>T. gondii</i>, in public health. Cats and dogs, as final hosts for <i>T. gondii</i> and <i>N. caninum,</i> respectively, have a key function in environmental contamination with oocysts and, thus, in parasite transmission. Very little is known about the prevalence of <i>T. gondii</i> infections in dogs and cats in Egypt, and even less about the prevalence of <i>N. caninum</i> in the same hosts.<h4>Methods</h4>In the current study, 223 serum samples of both dogs (n = 172) and cats (n = 51) were investigated for specific antibodies to <i>T. gondii</i> and <i>N. caninum</i> using commercially available ELISAs. A risk","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-18T16:00:25.821Z","creation":"2025-04-07T02:58:41.9Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9785966","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36558798"],"doi":["10.3390/pathogens11121464"]}}