Trichinella gondii

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 : 395

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.10.003

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Trichinella gondii
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3.7. Agreement between MC-PCR and serology for T. gondii

Using either method of detection (serology or molecular), 23 of 39 foxes (59%) were exposed to and/or infected with T. gondii . Five foxes were positive on serology and negative on tissue DNA, 7 were serologically negative but tissue positive, 11 were positive on both, and 16 were negative on both ( Table 1). There was no statistical difference between serological and molecular results using the McNemar chi square test (p = 0.581), and the Kappa test statistic (k = 0.321) showed only moderate agreement between the two tests ( Dohoo et al., 2010).

Dohoo, I. R., Martin, W., Stryhn, H., 2010. Veterinary Epidemiologic Research, second ed. Atlantic Veterinary College Inc., University of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 865 pp.