[Study of prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in the cats of Nouakchott].

[Study of prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in the cats of Nouakchott]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2017 Oct 20;: Authors: Ould Ahmed Salem CB, Mamadou DF, Hafid J Abstract The aim of the work was to evaluate the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii oocyst shedding on a sample of 100 cats in five districts of Nouakchott, Mauritania. The faecal flotation method revealed that 23% ± 0.08 of cats which underwent the test excreted oocysts and the prevalence was influenced by age and sex. Excretion rates were significantly higher in neighborhoods of Basra (27.8 ± 0.2), Elmina (25 ± 0.13) and Netegue (20 ± 0.35). The average parasite number was less than 5 oocysts/5 g faeces. Hence, the results suggest that cats have an important role in the transmission of the zoonosis in Nouakchott. PMID: 29052122 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Source Type: research