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Zhihong Chen1
Dayou Shi
Nanshan Qi
Juan Li
Jianfei Zhang
Mingquan Xie
Minna Lv
Caiyan Wu
Shining Guo
Mingfei Sun
Original Research Article
Seroprevalence of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs in Southern China
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Shenquan Liao |
Caixia Liu |
Zhihong Chen1 |
Dayou Shi |
Nanshan Qi |
Juan Li |
Jianfei Zhang |
Mingquan Xie |
Minna Lv |
Caiyan Wu |
Shining Guo |
Mingfei Sun |
Article Number: irjpeh.16.012 | Pages: 91-95 | Vol.3 (5), May 2016 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15739/irjpeh.16.012
Received: April 4, 2016 Accepted: April 24, 2016 Published: May 13, 2016
Abstract
A serological survey was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus infections in domestic dogs. Blood samples from 310 dogs (144 males and 66 females) in Fuzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Kunming, Nanchang, Guangzhou and Nanning in Southern China were examined using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. Overall seroprevalence of E. granulosus infection among these dogs was 2.58%. The prevalence in male dogs (five of 144, 3.47%) was higher than in female dogs (three of 166, 1.81%). The seroprevalence rate was 3.3% in dogs <1 year-old age group, 2.76% in the 1-4 year-old age group, and 1.35% in the >4 year-old age group. There was no significant difference observed in the sexes and age classes. However, this is a little surprising that E. granulosus seroprevalence was mainly on the coastal economy area (little herbivores) compared to the mountain cities (with sheep and cattle) in low endemic areas. To our knowledge, this is the firstly reported serological survey of anti-E. granulosus antibodies in Southern China to date.
Keywords: Echinococcus granulosus, seroprevalence, China, dogs
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