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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in environmental samples
PublikacjaToxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that has capacity to infect warm-blooded animals. Human toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic, whereas severe complications may occur in immunocompromised patients (e.g. AIDS) or in case of congenitalinfection. One of the sources of acquiring human toxoplasmosis is ingestion of T. gondii oocysts. It is known that newly infected cats can shed millions of oocysts into the environment,...
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in meat - available techniques
PublikacjaToxoplasma gondii, which belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa, is an absolute intercellular parasite that infects a wide range of hosts, including warm-blooded animals and humans. An infection with this parasite causes toxoplasmosis, which in most cases remains latent. However, this disease is a major threat to immunocompromised people and pregnant women. In extreme cases, it can damage nervous system or case fatal abortion. Infected...
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Immunogenic and protective activity of recombinant chimeric Toxoplasma gondii proteins
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis, one of the most common parasitic invasions worldwide, may pose a great threat for individuals with weakened immune system. The parasite also causes considerable economic losses due to infection of livestock. To date there is no efficient immunoprophylaxis for humans and animals, which would provide long-lasting protection against T. gondii invasion. Chimeric proteins, containing several selected fragments of parasite...
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Toxoplasma gondii: an evaluation of diagnostic value of recombinant antigens in a murine model
PublikacjaPraca dotyczy oceny użyteczności sześciu rekombinantowych białek antygenowych Toxoplasma gondii (GRA1, GRA6, GRA7, p35, SAG1 i SAG2) w diagnozowaniu doświadczalnej toksoplazmozy u myszy. Przeprowadzone badania pozwoliły na określenie stopnia reaktywności zastosowanych antygenów z surowicami z wczesnej i przewlekłej toksoplazmozy. W przypadku ostrej fazy choroby obserwowano silną odpowiedź humoralną na antygeny GRA7, GRA6 i p35,...
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Use of MAG1 recombinant antigen for diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans
PublikacjaPraca opisuje klonowanie, oczyszczanie oraz zastosowanie w immunodiagnostyce toksoplazmozy antygenu rekombinantowego macierzy cyst tkankowych (MAG1) Toxoplasma gondii. Zastosowany system ekspresyjny pozwolił uzyskać dużą ilość rekombinantowego antygenu, który następnie wykorzystano w teście ELISA do wykrywania specyficzych przeciwciał anty-T. gondii klasy IgG w surowicach pacjentów chorych na toksoplazmozę. W przeprowadzonych badaniach...
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Toxoplasma gondii Recombinant Antigens in the Serodiagnosis of Toxoplasmosis in Domestic and Farm Animals
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis is caused by an intracellular protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, and is a parasitic disease that occurs in all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases of animals and results in reproductive losses. Toxoplasmosis in humans is usually caused by eating raw or undercooked meat or consuming dairy products containing the parasite. Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is currently...
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Epidemiological study of Toxoplasma gondii infection among cattle in Northern Poland
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is a significant disease in livestock and humans. Because of medical and veterinary importance it is essential to study the prevalence of T. gondii infection among human and animals in various parts of the word. In this study, 4033 cattle from eight provinces of Northern Poland (belonging to 190 herds) were tested for IgG antibodies against T. gondii by an in-house ELISA technique based...
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A novel chemiluminescent immunoassay for detection of Toxoplasma gondii IgG in human sera
PublikacjaThis study describes Toxoplasma gondii IgG chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) based on the use of a novel immunochemical reagents in the form of the conjugates of original acridinium ester (AE) labels attached to antibodies and SAG2-GRA1-ROP1L chimeric antigen and shows that this test is useful for diagnostic purposes.
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Toxoplasma gondii: Chimeric Dr fimbriae as a recombinant vaccine against toxoplasmosis
PublikacjaW publikacji przedstawiono protekcyjne i immunogenne właściowści chimerycznych fimbrii typu Dr zawierających sekwencje epitopowe antygenów SAG1, MAG1 oraz GRA1 Toxoplasma gondii. Uzyskane wyniki porównano z właściwościami immunogennymi antygenowych białek rekombinantowych oraz poliwalentnego antygenu natywnego. Antygeny rekombinantowe indukują silną odpowiedź immunologiczną i w 89% zapobiegają formowaniu się cyst w mózgu myszy....
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Antygeny rekombinantowe Toxoplasma gondii jako narzędzie w diagnostyce toksoplazmozy
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Testing the Diagnostic Utility of Recombinant Toxoplasma Gondii Chimeric Antigens – Generated Datasets
PublikacjaThe datasets titled Toxoplasma gondii recombinant chimeric antigens – IgM and IgG ELISAs – mouse serum samples and Toxoplasma gondii recombinant chimeric antigens – IgG and IgM ELISAs – human serum samples contain absorbance measurements obtained during serological tests using mouse and human sera in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests based on recombinant chimeric antigens. The datasets allows a comparison of absorbance...
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Production of Toxoplasma gondii MAG1 recombinant antigen in Leishmania tarentolae expression system
PublikacjaThe results of the work associated with the production of the Toxoplasma gondii matrix antigen 1 (MAG1) in the eukaryotic expression system of Leishmania tarentolae are shown.
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Small Ruminants: Old Problems, and Current Solutions
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonosis of veterinary importance, with implications for public health. Toxoplasma gondii infection causes abortion or congenital disease in small ruminants. Moreover, the consumption of infected meat, cured meat products, or unpasteurized milk and dairy products can facilitate zoonotic transmission. Serological studies conducted in various European countries have shown the high seroprevalence of specific...
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First report of seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep in Pomerania, northern Poland
PublikacjaIntroduction and objective. Toxoplasmosis is parasitic disease which has economic relevance for both veterinary and human medicine. In sheep, toxoplasmosis is a major cause of abortion and can thus cause reproductive problems. The current study aimed to determine the occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in sheep from 13 districts of northern Poland and thereby obtain actual data about T. gondii seroprevalence in...
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Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens as tools for serodiagnosis of human toxoplasmosis: current status of studies
PublikacjaToxoplasma gondii is a parasitic protozoan which is the cause of toxoplasmosis. Although human toxoplasmosis in healthy adults is usually asymptomatic, serious disease can occur in the case of congenital infections and immunocompromised individuals. Furthermore, despite the exact recognition of its etiology, it still presents a diagnostic problem. Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is mainly based on the results of serological tests detecting...
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The usefulness of Toxoplasma gondii MIC1-MAG1-SAG1 chimeric antigen in the serodiagnosis of ovine toxoplasmosis
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which infects humans and most warm-blooded animals throughout the world. Although human toxoplasmosis in healthy adults is usually asymptomatic, a serious disease can occur in the case of congenital infection and immunocompromised individuals. Among food animals, sheep, along with goats and pigs, possess the highest incidence of T. gondii cysts in meat,...
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Immunological response of sheep to injections of plasmids encoding Toxoplasma gondii SAG1 and ROP1 genes
PublikacjaInfection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxo¬plasma gondii (T. gondii) causes health problems to both humans and livestock and has a large economic impact worldwide. The immune response in sheep following infection with T. gondii was evaluated using six different combinations of plasmid DNA, recombinant antigen and adjuvant. Sheep were generally vaccinated twice by intramuscular injection with plasmid DNA containing...
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The optimal mixture of Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens (GRA1, P22, ROP1) for diagnosis of ovine toxoplasmosis
PublikacjaToxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is the major parasitic disease affecting sheep. Infection not only results in significant reproductive losses in these animals, but has public health implications since consumption of infected meat can facilitate zoonotic transmission. Although several serological tests are currently used for diagnosis of ovine toxoplasmosis, production of reliable reagents is a constraint and therefore...
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Efficient production of the Toxoplasma gondii GRA6, p35 and SAG2 recombinant antigens and their applications in the serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis
PublikacjaSkonstruowano system ekspresji rekombinantowych białek antygenowych GRA6, p35 i SAG2 Toxoplasma gondii. Uzyskano miligramowe ilości białek fuzyjnych po zastosowaniu jednoetapowego oczyszczania z wykorzystaniem metody chromatografii metalopowinowactwa. Przydatność otrzymanych antygenów do konstrukcji serologicznego testu diagnostycznego oszacowano z wykorzystaniem testu ELISA, w którym zastosowano 99 surowic pobranych od pacjentów...
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Szczepionki DNA i antygeny rekombinantowe w prewencji zarażeń Toxoplasma gondii - aktualny stan badań
PublikacjaToksoplazmoza wywoływana przez wewnątrzkomórkowego pasożyta Toxoplasma gondii jest jedną z najbardziej rozpowszechnionych odzwierzęcych chorób na świecie o bardzo dużym znaczeniu medycznym. Stanowi ponadto bardzo poważny problem weterynaryjny, ponieważ jest główną przyczyną strat reprodukcyjnych w hodowli zwierząt (głównie owiec). Z tego względu bardzo ważne są prace dotyczące konstrukcji i opracowania nowych, skutecznych i tanich...