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1 August 2010 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Bred Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) in China
Hai-Long Li, Chao Yan, Juan Li, Lin Ai, Dong-Hui Zhou, Zi-Guo Yuan, Rui-Qing Lin, Guang-Hui Zhao, Xing-Quan Zhu
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Abstract

Little is known of the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in bred cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) in China. In the present survey, 240 serum samples of cynomolgus monkeys from 4 nonhuman primate centers in Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Region (GX), and 120 serum samples from 2 nonhuman primate centers in Guangdong Province (GD) were obtained, and the modified agglutination test (MAT) was performed to assay for anti–T. gondii antibodies. Antibodies to T. gondii (MAT titer of 1∶16 or higher) were found in 0 of 120 (0/120) samples in GD, and 5 (2.1%) of 240 sera with titers of 1∶16 in 1, 1∶64 or higher in 4 in primate centers from GX. The total prevalence of T. gondii in bred cynomolgus monkeys was 1.4% (5/360, MAT titer ≥ 1∶16) in southern China according to our investigation. To our knowledge, this is the first seropositive report in China on the prevalence of anti–T. gondii antibodies in bred cynomolgus monkeys using MAT.

Hai-Long Li, Chao Yan, Juan Li, Lin Ai, Dong-Hui Zhou, Zi-Guo Yuan, Rui-Qing Lin, Guang-Hui Zhao, and Xing-Quan Zhu "Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Bred Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) in China," Journal of Parasitology 96(4), 807-808, (1 August 2010). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2446.1
Published: 1 August 2010
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