Caracterização biológica e genotípica de isolados de Toxoplasma gondii de capivaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) do Estado de São Paulo / Biological and genotypic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) from São Paulo State

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2007

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Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT) in serum samples of 68 capybaras from six counties in São Paulo state, Brazil. Antibodies (MAT?25) were found in 51 (75%) capybaras examined. Tissues (brain, heart and tongue) of 40 of the seropositive capybaras were bioassayed in mice and 36 (90%) isolates were obtained. There was no statistical association between number of isolates and age (p=0.21), gender (p=0.58) and type of rearing (p=0.62), as well as no association with frequency of isolations and antibody titer distribution (p=0.99). Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis in PCR-amplified SAG2 locus products revealed that 20 isolates (55.5%) were genotype I, 14 (38.9%) were genotype III and two (5.6%) were mixed genotypes (types I and III). Type II isolate was not found. The proportion of type I isolates in the group of wildlife capybaras was higher (p=0.049) than in the captive rearing group. On the other hand, the proportion of type III isolates was significantly higher in the captive rearing group (p=0.041). Most of the type I isolates (12/20) killed all infected mice and none of those groups had 100% of surviving mice. Most of the mice infected with genotype III isolate survived. The mortality rate in mice infected with genotype I (86%) was higher than the type III (44.9%) (p<0.001) and mice infected with type III isolates survived for longer periods than type I isolates (p<0.001). Tissue cysts were found in mice infected with all 36 isolates. Genotyping was also done directly from the tissue homogenates from the 35 of 36 capybaras using nested-PCR-RFLP analysis on the SAG2 locus. Twenty?two samples (62.8%) were characterized and in 21 the genotypes found were the same as those from the corresponding isolates. In one sample, mixed genotype was detected directly from the primary sample and type I from the mice isolate. The mixed genotype was confirmed by direct DNA sequencing of the nestedPCR products from the capybaras primary samples.

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caracterização molecular characterization molecular capybaras isolados isolates genotypes toxoplasma gondii genótipos toxoplasma gondii capivaras

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