
Avaliação sorológica para Toxoplasma gondii pela imunofluorescência indireta e detecção do vírus da imunodeficiência felina pela nested PCR em felinos selvagens
2008; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS; Volume: 60; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0102-09352008000500038
ISSN1678-4162
AutoresAnselmo Vasconcelos Rivetti, Fabrício de Andrade Caxito, M. Resende, Zélia Inês Portela Lobato,
Tópico(s)Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
ResumoNineteen sera and blood samples from wild feline kept in captivity were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibody and presence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) DNA, respectively. Eighteen (94.7%) of the them were seropositive for toxoplasma. However, the only negative animal, a Leopardus pardalis, was the only FIV positve. These results suggest that the infection by FIV may have compromised its immune system and interfered with antibody production for toxoplasma.
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