Toxoplasma gondii in rodents and shrews in Armenia, Transcaucasia

Sargis A. Aghayan; Manan V. Asikyan; Oleg Shcherbakov; Astghik Ghazaryan; Tigran Hayrapetyan; Alexander Malkhasyan; Hasmik Gevorgyan; Arseny Makarikov; Svetlana Kornienko; Ahmad Daryani

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (Dec 2024)

Toxoplasma gondii in rodents and shrews in Armenia, Transcaucasia

Sargis A. Aghayan,
Manan V. Asikyan,
Oleg Shcherbakov,
Astghik Ghazaryan,
Tigran Hayrapetyan,
Alexander Malkhasyan,
Hasmik Gevorgyan,
Arseny Makarikov,
Svetlana Kornienko,
Ahmad Daryani

Affiliations

Sargis A. Aghayan: Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS RA, 7 P. Sevak st., Yerevan, 0014, Armenia; Chair of Zoology, Yerevan State University, 1 Alek Manukyan St, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia; Corresponding author. Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS RA, 7 P. Sevak st., Yerevan, 0014, Armenia.
Manan V. Asikyan: Chair of Zoology, Yerevan State University, 1 Alek Manukyan St, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia
Oleg Shcherbakov: Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS RA, 7 P. Sevak st., Yerevan, 0014, Armenia; Research Center of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise, Armenian National Agrarian University, 74 Teryan St, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia
Astghik Ghazaryan: Chair of Zoology, Yerevan State University, 1 Alek Manukyan St, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia
Tigran Hayrapetyan: Chair of Zoology, Yerevan State University, 1 Alek Manukyan St, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia
Alexander Malkhasyan: WWF-Armenia, 11/1 Proshyan Str., Yerevan, 0019, Armenia
Hasmik Gevorgyan: Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS RA, 7 P. Sevak st., Yerevan, 0014, Armenia
Arseny Makarikov: Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Ulitsa Frunze, 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Svetlana Kornienko: Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Ulitsa Frunze, 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Ahmad Daryani: Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS RA, 7 P. Sevak st., Yerevan, 0014, Armenia; Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran Province, Sari, North Ring, H27P+84G, Iran

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25
p. 100987

Abstract

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Toxoplasma gondii infections in small mammals are important because they serve as source of infection for the felids who excrete environmentally resistant oocysts in their feces. Here, the authors sought evidence for T. gondii infection in shrews and rodents in Armenia for the first time. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was detected in tissues of trapped animals using a specific PCR targeting gene with a non-coding fragment length of 529 bp. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was detected in 15 out of 137 (10.9%) samples from small mammals from 6 different localities of Armenia for the first time.

Published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

ISSN: 2213-2244 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-for-parasitology-parasites-and-wildlife/

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