Trichinella gondii, DNA

Nicholas, Bachand, Ravel, A., Leighton, P., Stephen, C., Iqbal, A., Ndao, M., Konecsni, K., Fernando, C. & Jenkins, E., 2018, Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as sentinels for parasitic zoonoses, Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella nativa, in the northeastern Canadian Arctic, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7 (3), pp. 391-397 : 394

3.4. Detection of T. gondii DNA and tachyzoites

DNA of T. gondii was detected in 10 fox brains (26%; CI: 14–41%) and 17 fox hearts (44%; CI: 29–59%) for an overall PCR prevalence of 46% among all 39 foxes. A total of 8 out of 18 PCR-positive foxes were positive for both brain and heart ( Table 1). There was no significant difference in the proportion of PCR-positive foxes between western (53%) and southern (40%) Nunavik (χ 2= 0.22, p = 0.85).