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Towards an Integrated Approach for Monitoring Toxoplasmosis in Southern Italy

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العنوان: Towards an Integrated Approach for Monitoring Toxoplasmosis in Southern Italy
المؤلفون: Paola Pepe, Antonio Bosco, Federico Capuano, Loredana Baldi, Angela Giordano, Andrea Mancusi, Marialuisa Buonanno, Luigi Morena, Renato Pinto, Paolo Sarnelli, Giuseppe Cringoli, Laura Rinaldi
المصدر: Animals, Vol 11, Iss 7, p 1949 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Veterinary medicine
LCC:Zoology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Toxoplasma gondii, livestock, monitoring, risk factors, humans, Italy, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991
الوصف: Toxoplasmosis is a widespread worldwide zoonotic infection caused by the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. This protozoan infection is considered one of the most important food-borne parasitic zoonoses globally. Beyond its impact on public health, toxoplasmosis has also important veterinary implications, because it causes miscarriage or congenital malformations in livestock with negative economic impacts. An integrated monitoring programme aimed to deepen the epidemiological data on toxoplasmosis and to identify the risk factors that may favour T. gondii infections in animals and humans was conducted in an endemic area of southern Italy. The monitoring activities were based on the following tasks: (i) parasitological analysis and risk factors for T. gondii in livestock (sheep, goat, cattle and water buffalo) farms; (ii) serological and molecular monitoring at slaughterhouse in meat-producing livestock; (iii) analysis of hospital discharge records (HDRs); (iv) outreach activities (information, dissemination and health education) to farmers, vet practitioners and school-age children. The present study confirmed a very high seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in livestock farms (e.g., up to 93.1% in sheep farms) in southern Italy and highlighted the potentially significant public health risk in this area.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2076-2615
العلاقة: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/7/1949Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Test
DOI: 10.3390/ani11071949
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/a416caee0ad74bd1a729840ade0949e3Test
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.416caee0ad74bd1a729840ade0949e3
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20762615
DOI:10.3390/ani11071949