Matsumoto Jun, Kako Yune, Morita Yukio, Kabeya Hidenori, Sakano Chieko, Nagai Akira, Maruyama Soichi, Nogami Sadao
Laboratory of Medical Zoology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
Parasitol Int. 2011 Sep;60(3):331-2. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.05.005. Epub 2011 May 27.
The ingestion of undercooked meat from wild animals can be a source of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and other animals. In this study, we determined the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in 175 wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax) and 107 wild sika deer (Cervus nippon) hunted in 2004-2007 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, by using a commercial latex agglutination test (LAT). Antibodies (LAT, 1:64 or higher) to T. gondii were found in 6.3% of wild boars and 1.9% of sika deer. This is the first record of T. gondii infection in wild deer in Japan, and deer and wild boar meat should be cooked well before human consumption.
食用未煮熟的野生动物肉可能是人类和其他动物感染弓形虫的一个来源。在本研究中，我们通过使用商业乳胶凝集试验（LAT），测定了2004年至2007年在日本群马县捕获的175头野猪（野猪日本亚种）和107头野生梅花鹿（梅花鹿）中弓形虫感染的血清阳性率。在6.3%的野猪和1.9%的梅花鹿中发现了针对弓形虫的抗体（LAT，1:64或更高）。这是日本野生鹿感染弓形虫的首次记录，鹿肉和野猪肉在供人类食用前应充分煮熟。
