Toxoplasma gondii in rodents and shrews in Armenia, Transcaucasia

IF 2 3区医学 Q3 ECOLOGY

International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100987

Sargis A. Aghayan , Manan V. Asikyan , Oleg Shcherbakov , Astghik Ghazaryan , Tigran Hayrapetyan , Alexander Malkhasyan , Hasmik Gevorgyan , Arseny Makarikov , Svetlana Kornienko , Ahmad Daryani

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Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii infections in small mammals are important because they serve as source of infection for the felids who excrete environmentally resistant oocysts in their feces. Here, the authors sought evidence for T. gondii infection in shrews and rodents in Armenia for the first time. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was detected in tissues of trapped animals using a specific PCR targeting gene with a non-coding fragment length of 529 bp. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was detected in 15 out of 137 (10.9%) samples from small mammals from 6 different localities of Armenia for the first time.

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外高加索亚美尼亚啮齿动物和鼩鼱体内的弓形虫

小型哺乳动物感染弓形虫非常重要，因为它们是猫科动物的传染源，猫科动物会在粪便中排出耐环境的卵囊。在此，作者首次寻找亚美尼亚鼩鼱和啮齿动物感染弓形虫的证据。使用特异性 PCR 靶向基因在被捕获动物的组织中检测到弓形虫 DNA，该基因的非编码片段长度为 529 bp。在亚美尼亚 6 个不同地区采集的 137 个小型哺乳动物样本中，有 15 个样本（10.9%）首次检测到弓形虫 DNA。

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International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife Medicine-Infectious Diseases

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

5.60%

发文量

113

审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (IJP-PAW) publishes the results of original research on parasites of all wildlife, invertebrate and vertebrate. This includes free-ranging, wild populations, as well as captive wildlife, semi-domesticated species (e.g. reindeer) and farmed populations of recently domesticated or wild-captured species (e.g. cultured fishes). Articles on all aspects of wildlife parasitology are welcomed including taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution, ecology and epidemiology, population biology and host-parasite relationships. The impact of parasites on the health and conservation of wildlife is seen as an important area covered by the journal especially the potential role of environmental factors, for example climate. Also important to the journal is ''one health'' and the nature of interactions between wildlife, people and domestic animals, including disease emergence and zoonoses.