伊拉克流浪猫中的巴尔通体和弓形虫感染。
Bartonella and Toxoplasma infections in stray cats from Iraq.
机构信息
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Public Health Command Region-Pacific, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
出版信息
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Dec;89(6):1219-24. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0353. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
Because of overpopulation, stray/feral cats were captured on military bases in Iraq as part of the US Army Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Program. Blood samples were collected from 207 cats, mainly in Baghdad but also in North and West Iraq, to determine the prevalence of Bartonella and Toxoplasma infections. Nine (4.3%) cats, all from Baghdad, were bacteremic with B. henselae type I. Seroprevalence was 30.4% for T. gondii, 15% for B. henselae, and 12.6% for B. clarridgeiae. Differences in Bartonella prevalence by location were statistically significant, because most of the seropositive cats were from Baghdad. There was no association between T. gondii seropositivity and either of the two Bartonella species surveyed. This report is the first report on the prevalence of Bartonella and T. gondii among stray cats in Iraq, which allows for better evaluation of the zoonotic risk potential to the Iraqi people and deployed military personnel by feral cat colonies.
由于人口过剩，流浪猫/野猫在伊拉克的军事基地被捕获，这是美国陆军人畜共患病监测计划的一部分。从 207 只猫身上采集了血液样本，主要在巴格达，但也在伊拉克北部和西部，以确定巴尔通体和弓形虫感染的流行率。9 只（4.3%）猫，均来自巴格达，呈巴尔通体 I 型菌血症。T. gondii 的血清阳性率为 30.4%，B. henselae 为 15%，B. clarridgeiae 为 12.6%。由于大多数血清阳性猫来自巴格达，因此巴尔通体流行率的地点差异具有统计学意义。弓形虫血清阳性率与调查的两种巴尔通体之间没有关联。本报告是关于伊拉克流浪猫中巴尔通体和弓形虫流行率的第一份报告，这使得对伊拉克人民和部署的军事人员的猫科动物传播的潜在人畜共患病风险进行更好的评估成为可能。
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