Rocha Katarine de Souza, Lima Michele de Souza, Monteiro Thamillys Rayssa Marques, Honorio Betsy Emely Tavares, Pinho Ana Paula Vilhena Beckman, Paz Giselle Souza da, Scofield Alessandra, Cavalcante Gustavo Góes, Magalhães-Matos Paulo Cesar, Sampaio Junior Francisco Dantas, Abel Isis, Langoni Helio, Moraes Carla Cristina Guimarães de
Laboratório de Zoonoses e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Instituto de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA, Castanhal, PA, Brasil.
Médica Veterinária Autônoma, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2020 Jun 26;29(2):e022719. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612020038. eCollection 2020.
We evaluated the prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the serum samples collected from domestic cats in Belém, Pará, Brazil. We also correlated the presence of T. gondii antibodies with environmental variables and cat-owner habits. Four-hundred and forty-seven serum samples from domestic cats were analyzed. The sera were tested using an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Among the animals analyzed, 21.92% (98/447) were seropositive. A statistically significant association was found in relation to age and serology among the animals over 1 year old (p<0.01): in the group up to 1 year old, 12.82% (20/156) of the animals were positive, and in the group over 1 year old, 26.80% (78/291) were positive. Our results show that the cats in Belém, Pará region have anti-T. gondii antibodies, and their owners are not aware of toxoplasmosis or how to prevent its transmission.
我们评估了从巴西帕拉州贝伦市的家猫采集的血清样本中抗弓形虫抗体的流行情况。我们还将弓形虫抗体的存在与环境变量和猫主人的习惯进行了关联分析。对447份家猫血清样本进行了分析。血清采用间接免疫荧光试验进行检测。在分析的动物中，21.92%（98/447）呈血清阳性。在1岁以上的动物中，年龄与血清学之间存在统计学上的显著关联（p<0.01）：在1岁及以下的组中，12.82%（20/156）的动物呈阳性，而在1岁以上的组中，26.80%（78/291）呈阳性。我们的结果表明，帕拉州贝伦地区的猫具有抗弓形虫抗体，而它们的主人并不了解弓形虫病或如何预防其传播。
