Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii among commensal rodents from Giza governorate, Egypt

Abstract EN

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular zoonotic parasite that infects a large spectrum of warm-blood animals, including humans.

Congenital toxoplasmosis is a worldwide problem.

Rodents are intermediate hosts and serve as food for felids, the definitive hosts.

A serological survey for antibodies to T.

gondii was carried out among two species of commensal rodent species Rattus norvegicus and R.

rattus, trapped from different localities within Abu-El- Nomros center, Giza Governorate.

Of 125 rats, 5 (4.0%) had anti-Toxoplasma antibodies.

Of 79 R.

nor- vegicus 3 (3.8%), and 46 R.

rattus 2 (4.3%).

The results showed that mature and immature of males and females of both species had anti-toxoplasmal.

This result was not statistically significant between two species of R.

norvegicus and R.

rattus and also between the two sexes of each species.