Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in urban rodents: a survey in Niamey, Niger.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 108(4): 399-407, 2013 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
A serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii was conducted on 766 domestic and peridomestic rodents from 46 trapping sites throughout the city of Niamey, Niger. A low seroprevalence was found over the whole town with only 1.96% of the rodents found seropositive. However, differences between species were important, ranging from less than 2% in truly commensal Mastomys natalensis, Rattus rattus and Mus musculus, while garden-associated Arvicanthis niloticus displayed 9.1% of seropositive individuals. This is in line with previous studies on tropical rodents--that we reviewed here--which altogether show that Toxoplasma seroprevalence in rodent is highly variable, depending on many factors such as locality and/or species. Moreover, although we were not able to decipher statistically between habitat or species effect, such a contrast between Nile grass rats and the other rodent species points towards a potentially important role of environmental toxoplasmic infection. This would deserve to be further scrutinised since intra-city irrigated cultures are extending in Niamey, thus potentially increasing Toxoplasma circulation in this yet semi-arid region. As far as we are aware of, our study is one of the rare surveys of its kind performed in Sub-Saharan Africa and the first one ever conducted in the Sahel.
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de los Roedores
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Toxoplasma
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Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios
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Toxoplasmosis Animal
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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En
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Año:
2013
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Article
País de afiliación:
Francia