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Survey of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in human consumed ovine meat in Tunis City.
[congenital toxoplasmosis]
Toxoplasmosis
has
been
recognized
as
parasitic
zoonosis
with
the
highest
human
incidence
.
The
human
infection
by
the
parasite
can
lead
to
severe
clinical
manifestations
in
congenital
toxoplasmosis
and
immunocompromised
patients
.
Contamination
occurs
mainly
by
foodborne
ways
especially
consumption
of
raw
or
undercooked
meat
.
In
contrast
to
other
foodborne
infections
,
toxoplasmosis
is
a
chronic
infection
which
would
make
its
economic
and
social
impact
much
higher
than
even
previously
anticipated
.
Ovine
meat
was
advanced
as
a
major
risk
factor
,
so
we
investigated
its
parasite
survey
,
under
natural
conditions
.
Serological
MAT
technique
and
touchdown
PCR
approaches
were
used
for
prevalence
determination
of
the
parasite
in
slaughtered
sheep
intended
to
human
consumption
in
Tunis
City
.
The
genotyping
was
carried
by
SNPs
analysis
of
SAG
3
marker
.
Anti-
Toxoplasma
antibodies
were
present
in
38
.
2
%
of
young
sheep
and
in
73
.
6
%
of
adult
sheep
.
Molecular
detection
revealed
the
contamination
of
50
%
of
ewes
'
tissue
.
Sequencing
and
SNPs
analysis
enabled
unambiguous
typing
of
meat
isolates
and
revealed
the
presence
of
mixed
strains
as
those
previously
identified
from
clinical
samples
in
the
same
area
.
Our
findings
conclude
that
slaughtered
sheep
are
highly
infected
,
suggesting
them
as
a
major
risk
factor
of
Toxoplasma
gondii
transmission
by
meat
consumption
.
Special
aware
should
target
consequently
this
factor
when
recommendations
have
to
be
established
by
the
health
care
commanders
.