First identified Toxoplasma gondii Type I in market-sold ducks in Fujian province, China: a significant for public health.

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      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0401150 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1525-3171 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00325791 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Poult Sci Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2020- : [Cambridge, UK] : Elsevier
      Original Publication: Champaign Il : Poultry Science Association
    • Subject Terms:
      Toxoplasma*/genetics ; Toxoplasma*/isolation & purification ; Ducks* ; Toxoplasmosis, Animal*/epidemiology ; Toxoplasmosis, Animal*/parasitology ; Poultry Diseases*/parasitology ; Poultry Diseases*/epidemiology; Animals ; China/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Public Health ; Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary ; Genotype ; Genetic Variation
    • Abstract:
      Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an intracellular protozoan that can cause toxoplasmosis in all warm-blooded hosts. This study focused on the prevalence and genetic characterize of T. gondii in ducks from Fujian province, China. Genomic DNA was extracted from duck tissue samples (heart, liver, lung, and muscle). To assess the genetic diversity of the T. gondii isolates, it was determined by using multilocus polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technology. A total of 586 ducks from 5 cities in Fujian province were tested, and 35 (6.0%) of which were found to be positive for the T. gondii B1 gene. Further genotyping of these positive samples at 10 genetic markers (SAG1, SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1, and Apico) using PCR-RFLP revealed that one tissue samples (heart samples from Fuzhou ducks) were identified as Type I (ToxoDB#10). This study is the first report on the prevalence and genetic characterization of T. gondii in ducks in Fujian province, and Type I (ToxoDB#10) is found in ducks in China for the first time. The findings document the genetic characterization of T. gondii in free-range ducks from Fujian Province, thereby enriching the understanding of T. gondii genetic diversity in China. Moreover, these results provide essential data support for further prospective studies and underscores the "One Health" concept, emphasizing the integral link among human, animal, and environmental health.
      Competing Interests: DISCLOSURES The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Dong-Hui Zhou reports financial support was provided by Industry-university-research Cooperation Project in Fujian Province University and enterprise (Grant No. 2022N5005). Dong-Hui Zhou reports financial support was provided by Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (2022J01131). Dong-Hui Zhou reports was provided by Special Fund for Science and Technology Innovation of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (KFb22059XA). If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
      (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: China; Toxoplasma gondii; duck; genetic characterization; prevalence
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240716 Date Completed: 20240824 Latest Revision: 20240824
    • Publication Date:
      20240826
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11305302
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.psj.2024.104024
    • Accession Number:
      39013296