Zsuzsa Kalmár, Attila D Sándor, Anamaria Balea, Silvia-Diana Borşan, Ioana Adriana Matei, Angela Monica Ionică, Călin Mircea Gherman, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Anamaria Cozma-Petruț, Viorica Mircean, Adriana Györke
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects a large spectrum of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Small rodents and insectivores play an important role in the epidemiology of T. gondii and may serve as a source of infection for both, domestic and wild definitive felid hosts. Factors influencing the occurrence of T. gondii in wild small mammals are unknown, despite the fact that many intermediate host species are identified. We have used small mammals (Rodentia and Lipotyphla) captured over two years in various habitats, both in urbanised and in natural landscapes...
September 29, 2023: BMC Veterinary Research