Biological and genotypic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from free ranges chickens from Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul / Caracterização biológica e genotípica de isolados da Toxoplasma gondii obtidos de galinhas de criação livre do Pantanal do Mato Grosso do Sul

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2009

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Despite the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is considered the only valid species for the genus, three clonal lineages are recognized, known as the Type I, Type II and Type III, which predominate in Western European countries and the USA. The search for samples of this parasite from other regions of the world, as in the case of Brazil, has revealed different genotypes other than the archetypes above mentioned. In this study, forty free range chickens (Gallus domesticus) of eight farms from areas belonging to the Pantanal Nhecolândia in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul were euthanized and samples of blood, brain and heart were collected. The serodiagnosis was performed using the technique of modified agglutination test (MAT) and a pool of organs of seropositive animals was used to perform the bioassay in mice. It was obtained 11 isolates of T. gondii. DNA was extracted from tissues of infected mice and characterization of isolates was performed using 12 PCR-RFLP markers, known generically SAG1, 53SAG2, SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, C29-2, L358, PK1, Apico and CS3. Twenty-seven chickens (67.5%) were serologically positive for T. gondii and 13 (32.5%) were negative. Among the seropositive samples, 7 (25.9%) were positive at 1:5 dilution, 3 (11.1%) in 1:10, 2 (7.4%) in 1:20, 3 (11.1%) at 1:320, 1 (3.7%) at 1:640, 3 (11.1%) in 1:1280, 2 (7.4%) in 1:2560, 4 (14.8%) on 1:5120 and 2 (7.4%) at 1:10240. With regard to genotyping, five genotypes were found within 11 isolates from chickens from five properties in the municipality of Aquidauana and one property of the municipality of Rio Verde of Mato Grosso, including a mixed genotype found in one isolate (TgCkBr198) that showed a complex pattern which is a combination of 2 alleles observed at eight loci. Two genotypes have been described for the first time, considering the 140 isolates from chickens in different Brazilian regions evaluated in previous studies. The results corroborate with previous studies on the isolates of T. gondii in Brazil, confirming their diversity and atypicality.

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toxoplasma gondii toxoplasma gondii isolation galinhas genotypes genótipos pantanal isolamento ckicken pantanal

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