Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in birds from South Africa

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.029" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.029</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.029" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.029</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in birds from South Africa

Original language description

There are not any records on the detection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in tissues of wild birds in the African continent. The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence of DNA from these protozoan parasites in brain tissue samples collected in years 2014-2015 from 110 wild and domestic birds of 15 orders. Birds came mainly from the province of Limpopo (n = 103); the other seven birds came from other five provinces of South Africa. Parasite DNAs were detected by PCR in animal brains. While all samples were negative for N. caninum, T. gondii DNA was detected in three (2.7%) birds: a Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata), a Laughing Dove (S. senegalensis) and a Southern-Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), all from Limpopo province. Positive samples were selected for genotyping by a 15 microsatellite markers method in a single multiplex PCR assay. Only the sample from the Red-eyed Dove was successfully genotyped and characterized as type II. This is the first detection of T. gondii in tissue of native African wild birds and the first study focusing on N. caninum in birds from South Africa.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30310 - Parasitology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta tropica

ISSN

0001-706X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

178

Issue of the periodical within the volume

FEB

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

93-96

UT code for WoS article

000423644300014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85032727013