Negative seroprevalence for Toxoplasma gondii in free-living primates from Central Amazonia

J Med Primatol. 2022 Aug;51(4):246-249. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12589. Epub 2022 May 16.

Abstract

This study presents 35 negative serologies for antibodies anti-T. gondii in free-living primates from Central Amazonia. Our results suggest that these populations have not had contact with the parasite and, therefore, do not have antibodies. This was the first study surveying T. gondii in Cacajao, Callicebus, Pithecia, and Saguinus monkeys.

Keywords: One Health; modified agglutination test; monkeys; toxoplasmosis; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Pitheciidae*
  • Primates
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Toxoplasma*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal* / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal* / parasitology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan