Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ()

Negative serosurvey of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) from Niterói/RJ, Brazil

  • Camila Vieira Molina,
  • Felipe da Silva Krawczak,
  • Marina Galvão Bueno,
  • Herbert Sousa Soares,
  • Solange Maria Genari,
  • Alcides Pissinatti,
  • Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff,
  • Tiago Ferreira da Silva,
  • Danilo Gomes de Freitas,
  • Larissa Cristinne Caneli,
  • José Luiz Catão-Dias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612016069
Journal volume & issue
no. 0

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Abstract New World Nonhuman Primates are highly susceptible to clinical toxoplasmosis. Serum samples from 126 recently captured Leontopithecus chrysomelas, from an exotic and invasive population, were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies by the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut-off 1:25); all were seronegative. The MAT is highly specific and is not species-specific. This is the first report of T. gondii survey in this tamarin in the wild. This result is consistent with prior reports that showed the high susceptibility of the species to infection by T. gondii usually with high mortality rates.

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