A potential infection source for humans: Frozen buffalo meat can harbour tissue cysts of Toxoplasma gondii
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
Elsevier Sci Ltd
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Buffaloes are considered resistant to toxoplasmosis. Tissue cysts of Toxoplasma gondii found rarely in skeletal muscles of buffaloes. However, in the present study, we found tissue cyst of T gondii in frozen boneless buffalo meat illegally imported to Turkey. Spherical tissue cysts of T. gondii. 27-34 to 30-32 (mean 31 x 30) mu m in diameter, were found in 3 out of 20 (15%) spontaneously thawed meat samples analyzed by light microscopy of percoll dilutions. All positive samples were also confirmed by observation of 97 bp gene products of T. gondii repetitive B1 gene by nested PCR. The tissue cysts however, were not found following a preservation of two days at -18 degrees C. Present study shows that frozen buffalo meat can be a potential new infection source for human toxoplasmosis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Açıklama
Gencay, Yilmaz Emre/0000-0002-2154-9663; YILDIZ, Kader/0000-0001-5802-6156
Anahtar Kelimeler
Toxoplasma gondii, Frozen buffalo meat, Tissue cysts, Percoll dilutions, Nested PCR
Kaynak
Food Control
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Q1
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Q1
Cilt
30
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1
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