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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic protozoan that has a worldwide distribution, is known to infect many warm-blooded vertebrates. The feline species including domestic cats are the definitive hosts for Toxoplama gondii and shed the infective oocyst. There is lack of information on the prevalence of Toxop...

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Autores Principales: Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah, Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil, Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah, Watanabe, Malaika
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Publicado: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020
Acceso en línea:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87287/1/Prevalence%20of%20Toxoplasma%20gondii%20in%20pet%20and%20stray%20cats.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:87287 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87287/ Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah Watanabe, Malaika Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic protozoan that has a worldwide distribution, is known to infect many warm-blooded vertebrates. The feline species including domestic cats are the definitive hosts for Toxoplama gondii and shed the infective oocyst. There is lack of information on the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine both the seroprevalence of T. gondii and the prevalence of T. gondii DNA in cats’ feces in Klang Valley, Malaysia. 198 blood and 201 fecal samples were collected from pet and stray cats from the local council, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) and University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti Putra Malaysia respectively. The overall seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats in the Klang Valley was found to be 5.5%. There was a high prevalence (10.5%) of T. gondii DNA detected in the cat fecal samples in both pet and stray cats suggestive of T. gondii oocyst shedding. Stray cats showed a higher seroprevalence and molecular prevalence of T. gondii than the pet cats. However, comparative analysis using Chi-square test showed no significant difference between both groups (P>0.05). Higher prevalence (10.5%) of cats shedding T. gondii DNA as compared to the seroprevalence (5.5%) was found in the cat population in the Klang Valley. The high prevalence of cats shedding T. gondii DNA is alarming as this may directly reflect the number of oocysts excreted into the environment posing a significant public health hazard. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87287/1/Prevalence%20of%20Toxoplasma%20gondii%20in%20pet%20and%20stray%20cats.pdf Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah and Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil and Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah and Watanabe, Malaika (2020) Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37 (3). 542 - 550. ISSN 2521-9855 https://msptm.org/vol-37-no-3-september/ 10.47665/tb.37.3.542
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description Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic protozoan that has a worldwide distribution, is known to infect many warm-blooded vertebrates. The feline species including domestic cats are the definitive hosts for Toxoplama gondii and shed the infective oocyst. There is lack of information on the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine both the seroprevalence of T. gondii and the prevalence of T. gondii DNA in cats’ feces in Klang Valley, Malaysia. 198 blood and 201 fecal samples were collected from pet and stray cats from the local council, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) and University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti Putra Malaysia respectively. The overall seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats in the Klang Valley was found to be 5.5%. There was a high prevalence (10.5%) of T. gondii DNA detected in the cat fecal samples in both pet and stray cats suggestive of T. gondii oocyst shedding. Stray cats showed a higher seroprevalence and molecular prevalence of T. gondii than the pet cats. However, comparative analysis using Chi-square test showed no significant difference between both groups (P>0.05). Higher prevalence (10.5%) of cats shedding T. gondii DNA as compared to the seroprevalence (5.5%) was found in the cat population in the Klang Valley. The high prevalence of cats shedding T. gondii DNA is alarming as this may directly reflect the number of oocysts excreted into the environment posing a significant public health hazard.
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author Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah
Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil
Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah
Watanabe, Malaika
spellingShingle Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah
Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil
Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah
Watanabe, Malaika
Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
author_facet Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah
Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil
Syed Hussain, Sharifah Salmah
Watanabe, Malaika
author_sort Megat Abdul Rani, Puteri Azaziah
title Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in pet and stray cats in klang valley, malaysia
publisher Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87287/1/Prevalence%20of%20Toxoplasma%20gondii%20in%20pet%20and%20stray%20cats.pdf
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