Serological Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Sika Deer in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Bando, H.; Yoshimura, A.; Koketsu, M.; Soga, A.; Taniguchi, Y.; Ozaki, M.; Suzuki, M.; Kanuka, H.; Fukumoto, S.

doi:10.32268/jprotozoolres.25.1-2_48

Serological Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Sika Deer in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Bando, H., Yoshimura, A., Koketsu, M., Soga, A., Taniguchi, Y., Ozaki, M., Suzuki, M., Kanuka, H., Fukumoto, S.

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Bando, H. [Japan]
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]
Yoshimura, A. [Japan]
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]
Koketsu, M. [Japan]
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]
Soga, A.
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]
Taniguchi, Y. [Japan]
Hokkaido Government Hidaka Subprefectural Bureau, Hokkaido 057-8558, Japan [Japan]
Ozaki, M. [Japan]
Elezo Marche Japon, Hokkaido 089-5465, Japan [Japan]
Suzuki, M. [Japan]
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]
Kanuka, H. [Japan]
Department of Tropical Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan [Japan]
Fukumoto, S. [Japan] Corresponding author
National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan [Japan]

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2015 Volume 25 Issue 1-2 Pages 48-52

DOI https://doi.org/10.32268/jprotozoolres.25.1-2_48

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Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most common protozoan parasites globally and requires both a definitive and an intermediate host to complete its life cycle. The population of wild sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) in eastern Hokkaido, Japan, has recently increased and is considered a potential intermediate host of T. gondii. In this study, the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in 201 wild sika deer from 10 geographical regions in eastern Hokkaido in 2010 and 2011 was analyzed using the latex agglutination test. Antibodies to T. gondii were found in three cases (1.5% of samples), suggesting that deer have started to function as intermediate hosts. This is the first report of seropositivity against T. gondii in wild sika deer in eastern Hokkaido.

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