Ekstensywność zarażenia kotów Toxoplasma gondii w Poznaniu i jego okolicy w aspekcie niebezpieczeństwa inwazji tego pierwotniaka dla człowieka

In my studies 357 cats were examined talking into account their age, sex, breed and environment. The blood was tested for the presence of antibodies of T. gondii (Toxo-Screen DA, bioMérieux). Also 149 cats were examined for the presence of oocysts T. gondii in the feces (Füllebom's method). The antibodies were found in 252 (70.6%) cats out of 357 examined ones. Whereas oocysts were found only in one case (0.8%) out of 149 examined cats. 55 persons from environment of positive cats were examined. The presence of T. gondii antibodies was detected in 31 persons (56.4%).