All about toxoplasmosis in cats: the last decade

JP Dubey, CK Cerqueira-Cézar, FHA Murata… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide.
Toxoplasmosis continues to be of public health concern. Cats (domestic and wild felids) are …

Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Animals and Humans in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

AO Omonijo, C Kalinda, S Mukaratirwa - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite with zoonotic importance
worldwide especially in pregnant women and immunocompromised people. This study is set …

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Role of Felids as Intermediate Hosts in the Life Cycle of Neospora caninum Based on Serological Data

N Nazari, MT Khodayari, Y Hamzavi, S Raeghi… - Acta parasitologica, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Neosporosis is an important widespread parasitic infection caused by N. caninum.
It infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts and dogs as the …

Recent epidemiologic and clinical Toxoplasma gondii infections in wild canids and other carnivores: 2009–2020

JP Dubey, FHA Murata, CK Cerqueira-Cézar… - Veterinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide. The present
review summarizes worldwide information on the prevalence of clinical and subclinical …

[HTML][HTML] An update on epidemiology and clinical aspects of besnoitiosis in livestock and wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

MP Malatji, D Tembe, S Mukaratirwa - Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Besnoitiosis is a parasitic disease of economic importance caused by cyst-forming protozoa
from the genus Besnoitia. The disease affects the skin, subcutis, blood vessels, and mucous …

Toxoplasma gondii in African Wildlife: A Systematic Review

RP Bokaba, V Dermauw, D Morar-Leather, P Dorny… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a protozoan parasite, which infects a wide variety of
mammals and bird species globally. In large parts of the world, this parasite is relatively well …

Fluorescent bead-based serological detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in chickens

BT Fabian, F Hedar, M Koethe, B Bangoura… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Free-ranging chickens are often infected with Toxoplasma gondii and
seroconvert upon infection. This indicates environmental contamination with T. gondii …

Wildlife parasitology: sample collection and processing, diagnostic constraints, and methodological challenges in terrestrial carnivores

A Rojas, N Germitsch, S Oren, A Sazmand, G Deak - Parasites & Vectors, 2024 - Springer
Wild terrestrial carnivores play a crucial role as reservoir, maintenance, and spillover hosts
for a wide parasite variety. They may harbor, shed, and transmit zoonotic parasites and …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from captive caracals (Caracal caracal)

N Jiang, S Xin, J Li, C Su, L Zhang, Y Yang - International Journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii infects most warm-blooded animals, including humans. Felids can serve
as both intermediate and definitive hosts for T. gondii. However, there is no direct evidence …

First detection of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 4 lineage in a population of carnivores from South Africa

K Račka, E Bártová, A Hamidović, N Plault… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There have only been a few molecular studies conducted on the detection of T.
gondii in tissues of carnivores in South Africa, with no data on the genetic diversity of this …