dc.contributor.author | Menajovsky, María Fernanda | |
dc.contributor.author | Espunyes, Johan | |
dc.contributor.author | Ulloa, Gabriela | |
dc.contributor.author | Calderon, Maritza | |
dc.contributor.author | Diestra, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Malaga, Edith | |
dc.contributor.author | Muñoz, Carmen | |
dc.contributor.author | Montero, Stephanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Lescano, Andres G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Santolalla, Meddly L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cabezon, Oscar | |
dc.contributor.author | Mayor, Pedro | |
dc.contributor.other | Producció Animal | ca |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-30T15:21:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-30T15:21:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Menajovsky, María Fernanda, Johan Espunyes, Gabriela Ulloa, Maritza Calderon, Andrea Diestra, Edith Malaga, Carmen Muñoz, Stephanie Montero, Andres G. Lescano, Meddly L. Santolalla, et al. 2024. “Toxoplasma gondii in a Remote Subsistence Hunting-Based Indigenous Community of the Peruvian Amazon”. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9 (5): 98. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9050098 | ca |
dc.identifier.issn | 2414-6366 | ca |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/2958 | |
dc.description.abstract | Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects a wide variety
range of warm-blooded animals. This study describes the epidemiological scenario of T. gondii in
an indigenous community that relies on subsistence hunting in a well-conserved and isolated area
of the Peruvian Amazon. The high seropositivity against T. gondii in humans (83.3% IgG and 6.1%
IgM), wild mammals (30.45%, 17 species), peri-domestic rodents (10.0% Rattus sp.), and domestic
animals (94.1% dogs and 100% cats) indicates the existence of a sylvatic cycle in the community under
study. Individual age was found to be positively associated with IgG detection against T. gondii
but not with IgM. It is estimated that each family consumed 5.67 infected animals per year with
terrestrial species having higher infective rates than arboreal species. The main risk factors included
improper handling and cooking of wild meat, poor hygiene practices, and feeding uncooked offal to
domestic animals. This scenario results in a continuous process of infection and reinfection within
the indigenous community with cats, dogs, and peri-domestic animals becoming infected through
the ingestion of infected raw viscera. Our results emphasize the need to promote safe food handling
practices and disposal of waste materials from hunted animals in such communities. | ca |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by ERANet-LAC (ERANet17/HLH-0271), research projects (Contract N◦ 136-2018-FONDECYT; AC18/00054 Instituto de Salud Carlos; 400800/2019-5 CNPq), and the training grant D43 TW007393 awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health, who also supported MLS and AGL. M.F.M. acknowledges a doctoral scholarship from the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants [scholarship FI-SDUR EMC/3345/2020]. GU received two grants from the CNPq PPGSPAA program in GD modality (140312/2020-0) and SWE modality (201546/2020-5). | ca |
dc.format.extent | 13 | ca |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
dc.publisher | MDPI | ca |
dc.relation.ispartof | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | ca |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | ca |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Toxoplasma gondii in a Remote Subsistence Hunting-Based Indigenous Community of the Peruvian Amazon | ca |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | ca |
dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | ca |
dc.rights.accessLevel | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.embargo.terms | cap | ca |
dc.relation.projectID | EC/FP7/609484/EU/Network of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries on Joint Innovation and Research Activities/ERANet-LAC | ca |
dc.relation.projectID | ISCIII/ /AC18-00054/ES/Diagnóstico y vigilancia de los virus y hemoparásitos transmitidos por vectores en la interfaz hombre-vida silvestre en la Cuenca Amazónica/ | ca |
dc.subject.udc | 619 | ca |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9050098 | ca |
dc.contributor.group | Sanitat Animal | ca |