RESUMO

In this study, we captured 60 wild New World monkeys (Cebus spp.; Alouatta caraya) at the Paraná river basin, Paraná State, Brazil, and modified agglutination test (MAT) was performed to evaluate anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies. Prevalence was 30.2% (13/43) in Cebus spp. (capuchin monkeys) and 17.6% (3/17) for A. caraya (black and golden howler monkeys). MAT showed antibody titers of 16 (15/16) and 64 (1/16). Herein, we have observed an odds ratio (OR)=4.67 (1.060.05). The present work is the first report on serum occurrence of anti-T. gondii antibodies in wild capuchin monkeys and in wild black and golden howler monkeys.

Assuntos

Alouatta , Cebus , Doenças dos Macacos/epidemiologia , Doenças dos Macacos/parasitologia , Toxoplasma/isolamento & purificação , Toxoplasmose Animal/epidemiologia , Toxoplasmose Animal/parasitologia , Testes de Aglutinação/veterinária , Animais , Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/sangue , Brasil/epidemiologia , Feminino , Masculino , Estudos Soroepidemiológicos , Zoonoses/epidemiologia , Zoonoses/parasitologia