Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in bats in Myanmar.

Authors :: Sun H
Wang Y
Zhang Y
Ge W
Zhang F
He B
Li Z
Fan Q
Wang W
Tu C
Li J
Liu Q
Source :: Applied and environmental microbiology [Appl Environ Microbiol] 2013 Jun; Vol. 79 (11), pp. 3526-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 29.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: We detected Toxoplasma gondii in 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 25.5% to 33.1%) of 550 insectivorous bats collected in Myanmar. The genotyping of these positive samples revealed they were closely related to or belong to clonal type I, which is highly virulent in mice, showing that these bats are potential reservoirs for T. gondii transmission.

Subjects :: Animals
DNA Primers genetics
Genotype
Myanmar epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Prevalence
Toxoplasmosis genetics
Chiroptera parasitology
Disease Reservoirs parasitology
Toxoplasma genetics
Toxoplasmosis epidemiology

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