NDLI: Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild rodents from central coastal California and a review of T. gondii prevalence in rodents.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Dabritz, Haydee A. Miller, Melissa A. Gardner, Ian A. Packham, Andrea E. Atwill, E. Robert Conrad, Patricia A.
Spatial Coverage	California
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Dabritz HA ( School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Vet Med III-A, Davis, California 95616, USA.)
Abstract	Sera from 523 wild rodents were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using either an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) (rats and mice, with titer >or=80 considered positive) or a latex agglutination test (LAT) (voles, squirrels, and pocket mice, with titer >or=32 considered positive). Seventeen percent (88/523) of the rodents, including 26% (85/328) of the Peromyscus sp. and 8% (3/37) of Spermophilus beecheyi, were seropositive. Fourteen percent (23/161) of rodents captured in trap sites next to Morro Bay (California) and 15% (16/109) of rodents from sites adjacent to riparian habitats had antibodies to T. gondii, compared to 19% (49/253) of rodents captured in habitats not associated with water; this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.32). Significantly fewer rodents were captured <200 m from residential housing compared to locations further away (11% vs. 30%, respectively). Factors associated with an increased risk for T. gondii seropositivity in rodents were capture location >or=200 m from residential housing and adult age.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00223395
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	94
e-ISSN	19372345
Journal	Journal of Parasitology
Language	English
Publisher	American Society of Parasitologists
Publisher Date	2008-06-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Parasitology Antibodies, Protozoan Blood Rodent Diseases Epidemiology Toxoplasma Immunology Toxoplasmosis, Animal Animals Animals, Wild Arvicolinae Parasitology California Female Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Veterinary Latex Fixation Tests Logistic Models Male Mice Peromyscus Rats Risk Factors Rodentia Sciuridae Seroepidemiologic Studies Sigmodontinae Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Research Support, U.s. Gov't, Non-p.h.s.
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Parasitology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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