Abstract
Sera from (259) sheep and (88) goats from Erbil city were examined for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by using latex, MAT, and ELISA. By using latex test, 75 (25.4%) sheep and 25 (28.4%) goats were seropositive. By testing the latex seropositive sheep serum by both MAT and ELISA the distribution of both positive and negative results were as such respectively: 63 (84%), 12 (16%), 11 (14.7%), 64 (85.3%). Using both MAT and ELISA for testing the latex seropositive goats serum, the distribution of both positive and negative results were as such respectively: 21 (84%), 4 (16%), 3 (12%), 22 (88%). There was no significant difference between the results of ELISA vs. MAT.
Highlights
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan organism with a large numbers of intermediate hosts, including all warm-blooded animals, and humans
No significant differences were seen between MAT and ELISA
This study is an attempt for serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Erbil, using serological methods including latex agglutination test, modified agglutination test and ELISA techniques in slaughtered animals used for human consumption
Summary
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan organism with a large numbers of intermediate hosts, including all warm-blooded animals, and humans. Serological surveys done in various parts of the world show that in some countries more than a third of the human population have antibodies against T. gondii [3]. This high prevalence of infection in human proves the importance of toxoplasmosis as a zoonotic disease, in pregnant women and immune-compromised patient [4]. Toxoplasmosis was reported in other parts of Iraq, and in different animals, in sheep and goats [6], in cat [7], in rodent [8] and in cattle [9]. About the neighboring countries toxoplasmosis was a prevalent infection in animals like in Iran [10], in
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