FREQUENCY OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN CATS IN METOPOLITAN LIMA AND CONCORDANCE BETWEEN INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE AND INDIRECT HAEMAGLUTINATION TECHNIQUES

• Autores: Cerro T., Luis, Chávez V., Amanda, Casas A., Eva, Suárez A., Francisco, Rubio V., Alicia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/624
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/624
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: HAI; IFI; felinos domésticos; toxoplasmosis; Lima; domestic cat

The aim of the present work was to estimate the frequency of antibodies anti- Toxoplasma gondii in cats of Lima city, and to determine the rate of concordance between the Indirect Immunofluorescence (IFI) and Indirect Haemaglutination (HAI) assays. A total of 178 cat serum samples were collected in veterinary clinics of varios districts of Lima. The results showed 11.2 ± 4.6% (HAI) and 17.9 ± 5.6% (IFI) positive serums to T. gondii, and without statiscal differences due to sex and age group. The Kappa (K) value was 0.73 indicating a substantial concordance between the two assays indicating that both assays can be reciprocally replaced.