TY - JOUR
T1 - Seroprevalence of zoonotic parasites in pigs slaughtered in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
AU - Devleesschauwer, Brecht
AU - Pruvot, Mathieu
AU - Joshi, Durga Datt
AU - De Craeye, Stéphane
AU - Jennes, Malgorzata
AU - Ale, Anita
AU - Welinski, Alma
AU - Lama, Sanjyoti
AU - Aryal, Arjun
AU - Victor, Bjorn
AU - Duchateau, Luc
AU - Speybroeck, Niko
AU - Vercruysse, Jozef
AU - Dorny, Pierre
N1 - FTX; ITG-B10A; ITG-BLA; DBM; U-VHELM; JIF; DOI; PDF; Abstract; DSPACE56; NOKW
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - For several years, the demand for pork has been on the rise in Nepal. To assess the importance of pork as a carrier of zoonotic agents, we performed a cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, in which we serologically determined the infection status of slaughtered pigs with regard to three of the most important parasites transmitted through pork consumption: Trichinella spp., Taenia solium cysticerci, and Toxoplasma gondii. From 2007 to 2010, 742 pigs were sampled at slaughter, of which 0.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.0-0.7%) were found positive for Trichinella infection, 13.8% (95% credibility interval [CrI] 0.8-28.5%) for T. solium cysticercosis, and 11.7% (95% CI 5.2-17.5%) for Toxoplasma infection. Further monitoring of the related animal and human disease burden and strengthening of food safety protocols throughout the pork production chain are strongly recommended.
AB - For several years, the demand for pork has been on the rise in Nepal. To assess the importance of pork as a carrier of zoonotic agents, we performed a cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, in which we serologically determined the infection status of slaughtered pigs with regard to three of the most important parasites transmitted through pork consumption: Trichinella spp., Taenia solium cysticerci, and Toxoplasma gondii. From 2007 to 2010, 742 pigs were sampled at slaughter, of which 0.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.0-0.7%) were found positive for Trichinella infection, 13.8% (95% credibility interval [CrI] 0.8-28.5%) for T. solium cysticercosis, and 11.7% (95% CI 5.2-17.5%) for Toxoplasma infection. Further monitoring of the related animal and human disease burden and strengthening of food safety protocols throughout the pork production chain are strongly recommended.
KW - Animals
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Cysticercosis/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Nepal/epidemiology
KW - Seroepidemiologic Studies
KW - Swine
KW - Swine Diseases/epidemiology
KW - Taenia solium/immunology
KW - Toxoplasma/immunology
KW - Toxoplasmosis, Animal/epidemiology
KW - Trichinella/immunology
KW - Trichinellosis/epidemiology
KW - Zoonoses/epidemiology
U2 - 10.1089/vbz.2013.1313
DO - 10.1089/vbz.2013.1313
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 24107212
SN - 1530-3667
VL - 13
SP - 872
EP - 876
JO - Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
JF - Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
IS - 12
ER -