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Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in bats (Desmodus rotundus) captured near caves in cities from western region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil

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Toxoplasma gondii is a mammalian parasite with a wide geographical distribution. Some seropositive animals for T. gondii can be asymptomatic, including humans. This study aimed to investigate the presence of antibodies against T. gondii in the serum of 50 vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) from the western region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil, using the modified agglutination test (MAT), in a dilution of 1:25. The results showed 10 % (5/50) are seropositive for T. gondii, showing that bats from that region had contact with T. gondii and are probably infected.

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, SC, Brazil

    Angelisa H. Biazus, Juscivete F. Favero & Aleksandro Schafer da Silva

  2. Catarinense Federal Institute, Concordia, SC, Brazil

    Diogenes Dezen, Debora Olsson, Talita Carina Bogoni & Keila Catarina Prior

  3. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil

    Luiz Daniel de Barros & João Luis Garcia

  4. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

    Luiza Pires Portella & Fernanda Flores Vogel

  5. Companhia Integrada de Desenvolvimento Agrícola de Santa Catarina, Concórdia, SC, Brazil

    Osmar Bordignon

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The project was reviewed and approved by Sistema de Autorização e Informação em Biodiversidade (SISBIO), under protocol number 43104-1, and by the Ethics Committee of Animal Use of Federal Institute Catarinense, Campus Concórdia, protocol number: 36/2014.

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Biazus, A.H., Dezen, D., de Barros, L.D. et al. Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in bats (Desmodus rotundus) captured near caves in cities from western region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Comp Clin Pathol 25, 505–507 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-016-2223-3

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