| Revista: | Veterinaria México OA |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000439068 |
| ISSN: | 2007-5472 |
| Autores: | Torres Castro, Marco Antonio1 Medina Pinto, Rodrigo Adán2 Noh Pech, Henry René1 Puerto, Fernando I1 Rodríguez Vivas, Roger Iván2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Mérida, Yucatán. México 2Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Mérida, Yucatán. México |
| Año: | 2019 |
| Periodo: | Ene-Mar |
| Volumen: | 6 |
| Número: | 1 |
| País: | México |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Nota breve o noticia |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite, recognized as the etiologic agent of toxoplasmosis, a zoonotic endemic disease in several countries, including Mexico. In the Yucatan State of Mexico, Toxoplasma infection has a high impact in both human and domestic animal health. Wild animals can also host zoonotic pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii. The presence of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in roadkill wild animals in Yucatan was detected using a nested Polymerase Chain Reaction. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was identified in several organs retrieved from a Yucatan squirrel (Sciurus yucatanensis), a coatimundi (Nasua narica), and a greater grison (Galictis vittata). The amplified fragments of Toxoplasma gondii DNA were purified, sequenced, and certified by BLAST analysis. Our results confirm that Toxoplasma gondii can infect wild mammals from Yucatan, which could act as intermediate hosts and contribute to the transmission of the disease to humans and domestic animals, as well as other wild animal species. We present the first molecular evidence of Toxoplasma gondii in a squirrel and a coatimundi from Yucatan, and quite possibly in a greater grison at a global level |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia, Biología |
| Palabras clave: | Cordados, Parasitología, Medicina veterinaria, Fauna silvestre, Atropellamientos, Toxoplasma gondii, Zoonosis, Biología molecular, Yucatán, México |
| Keyword: | Chordates, Parasitology, Veterinary medicine, Wild animals, Roadkills, Toxoplasma gondii, Zoonoses, Molecular biology, Yucatan, Mexico |
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