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A review of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2019

Z. Kolören  and
J. P. Dubey Open the ORCID record for J. P. Dubey [Opens in a new window]
Z. Kolören
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ordu University, 52200, Ordu, Turkey United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, Maryland20705-2350, USA
J. P. Dubey*
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Building 1001, Beltsville, Maryland20705-2350, USA
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Author for correspondence: J. P. Dubey, E-mail: jitender.dubey@ars.usda.gov
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Abstract

Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in humans and animals in Turkey but little is known of the burden of their clinical toxoplasmosis. Many early papers on toxoplasmosis in Turkey were published in Turkish and often not available widely. Here, we review prevalence, clinical spectrum, epidemiology and diagnosis of T. gondii in humans and animals in Turkey. This knowledge should be useful to biologists, public health workers, veterinarians and physicians. Although one-third of the human population in Turkey is seropositive, the rate of congenital toxoplasmosis is unknown and no information is available in children 12 years old or younger. One large outbreak of acute toxoplasmosis has been reported in 14–18-year old school children in Turkey. An alarming rate (36%) of T. gondii tissue cysts were reported in tissues of sheep and water buffalo meats destined for human consumption; these reports require verification. Genetically, T. gondii strains from domestic cats and wild birds in Turkey were generally classical type II and III, like those prevalent in Europe. A separate genotype, Type 1 Africa, was isolated from two congenitally infected children and a domestic cat in Turkey.

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AnimalsclinicalToxoplasma gondiitoxoplasmosisTurkeyzoonosis
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Parasitology , Volume 147 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 12 - 28
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