@article{fdi:010060500,
  title = {{T}oxoplasmosis seroprevalence in urban rodents : a survey in {N}iamey, {N}iger},
  author = {{M}ercier, {A}. and {G}arba, {M}. and {B}onnabau, {H}. and {K}ane, {M}. and {R}ossi, {J}.{P}. and {D}ard{\'e}, {M}.{L}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} serological survey of {T}oxoplasma gondii was conducted on 766 domestic and peridomestic rodents from 46 trapping sites throughout the city of {N}iamey, {N}iger. {A} low seroprevalence was found over the whole town with only 1.96% of the rodents found seropositive. {H}owever, differences between species were important, ranging from less than 2% in truly commensal {M}astomys natalensis, {R}attus rattus and {M}us musculus, while garden-associated {A}rvicanthis niloticus displayed 9.1% of seropositive individuals. {T}his is in line with previous studies on tropical rodents - that we reviewed here - which altogether show that {T}oxoplasma seroprevalence in rodent is highly variable, depending on many factors such as locality and/or species. {M}oreover, although we were not able to decipher statistically between habitat or species effect, such a contrast between {N}ile grass rats and the other rodent species points towards a potentially important role of environmental toxoplasmic infection. {T}his would deserve to be further scrutinised since intra-city irrigated cultures are extending in {N}iamey, thus potentially increasing {T}oxoplasma circulation in this yet semi-arid region. {A}s far as we are aware of, our study is one of the rare surveys of its kind performed in {S}ub-{S}aharan {A}frica and the first one ever conducted in the {S}ahel.},
  keywords = {{T}oxoplasma gondii ; epidemiology ; zoonotic disease ; {A}frica ; {S}ahel ; {NIGER} ; {SAHEL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}emorias do {I}nstituto {O}swaldo {C}ruz},
  volume = {108},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {399--407},
  ISSN = {0074-0276},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1590/0074-0276108042013002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060500},
}