Cats are important in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii because they are the only
hosts that can excrete environmentally resistant oocysts. The prevalence of T. gondii was
determined in 58 domestic cats from 51 homes from Santa Isabel do Ivai, Paraná State,
Brazil where a water-associated outbreak of acute toxoplasmosis had occurred in humans.
Antibodies to T. gondii were found with the modified agglutination test in 49 of 58 (84.4%)
cats at a serum dilution of 1: 20. Tissues (brain, heart, and skeletal muscle) of 54 of these …

Toxoplasma gondii infections in cats from Parana, Brazil : seroprevalence, tissue distribution,
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infections in cats from Parana, Brazil : seroprevalence, tissue distribution, and biologic and
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