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Toxoplasmosis in Pothwar Region: A Sero-Epidemiological Study of Toxoplasma Gondii in Different Animals With Special Reference to its Zoonotic Potential

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Author

Nisar Ahmad

Program

PhD

Institute

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

City

Rawalpindi

Province

Punjab

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2014

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Zoology

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2731/1/2720S.pdf

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676727624965

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Toxoplasmosis is a cosmopolitan zoonotic infection caused by a coccidian protozoan Toxoplasma gondii which affects a wide range of hosts including humans, all other mammals and birds. The main route of transmission to herbivorous animals is through ingestion of sporulated oocysts. However the infection can also be transmitted to carnivorous or omnivorous hosts via consumption of tissue cysts present in meat. Wild and domestic cats are the principal reservoir where oocysts are produced during sexual phase of lifecycle. The infection is considered nonexistent or rare without cats. Livestock animals when infected during pregnancy are suffered from parasitemia which can infect placenta and fetus that ultimately results in fetal resorption, miscarriage, death or mummification. Apart from being hazardous to livestock animals the T. gondii infection is also important due to its zoonotic implications. Congenital abnormalities in humans such as microcephaly, hydrocephaly, chorioretinitis, convulsion, cerebral calcification, epilepsy, blindness, deafness and mental retardation may occur if the mother acquires infection during pregnancy. Apart from congenital anomalies, T. gondii also causes severe neuropathologic infections in immunocompromised hosts such as AIDS patients and the patients of cancer undergone chemotherapy. Current study was designed to workout the sero- epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep, goats, cattle, buffaloes, cats, dogs and humans in northern parts of Pakistan because no such work previously exists in the country. For this purpose serum samples from 413 sheep, 419 goats, 400 cattle, 422 buffaloes, 408 dogs, 420 cats and 1659 humans were screened for presence or absence of Toxoplasma-specific IgG and IgM antibodies by using enzyme-linkedxxiii immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Additional data related to various possible risk factors in all the studied hosts was obtained on questionnaire by surveys and interviews. Multivariate logistic regression model was applied to associate the infection with possible risk factors. Overall prevalence of infection was 18.16 percent in sheep (75/413), 14.32 percent (60/419) in goats, 19.75 percent (79/400) in cattle, 15.17 percent (64/422) in buffaloes, 28.43 percent (116/408) in dogs, 26.43 percent (111/420) in cats and 20.37 (338/1659) in humans. Seroprevalence did not vary significantly in all hosts in four districts. A steady increase in seroprevalence was observed in all hosts with increasing age. Prevalence was high in female sheep, goats, cattle and buffaloes as compared to males. No difference of seroprevalence in different breeds of livestock was observed except Salt Range (P<0.05, OR=5.51) sheep which showed more than five fold high prevalence as compared to other breeds of sheep. Risk factors which were significantly associated with T. gondii infection in livestock animals were poor hygienic conditions (all livestock species), outdoor water sources (goats), presence of cats in vicinity (all livestock species), extensive management system (all livestock species), pregnancy (sheep and buffaloes) and large herd size (sheep and goats). In cats and dogs seroprevalence was also high in animals older than one year. Risk factors which significantly associated with T. gondii infection in pet animals were rural area (dogs) and excess to outside (cats and dogs). Seroprevalence also increased with age in humans and was also high in females. Risk factors which were significantly associated with seroprevalence were occupation, low level of education (P<0.05, OR=2.32), consumption of mutton, outdoor water sources (P<0.05, OR=1.97), high meat eating frequency (P<0.05, OR=2.73), preference forxxiv undercooked meat (P<0.05, OR=2.11), availability of cats in surroundings (P<0.05, OR=1.42), soil exposure (P<0.05, OR=1.82), pregnancies (P<0.05, OR=7.60) and abortions (P<0.05, OR=5.00). T. gondii infection was high in post rainy seasons with high temperature, abundant rainfall and high percentage of relative humidity. The results from present study show that T. gondii infection is widespread in all the possible hosts in Pakistan and have important application for livestock industry and public health.
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Analysis of Human Genetic Variations in Pakistani Population

The diverse and complex/heterogeneous Pakistani population is categorized into more than 18 ethnic groups. A properly reported forensic DNA database for this seventh largest population of the world is still not available. This study contributes towards the development of a forensic DNA database of the Pakistani population comprising both autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers profiles and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) hyper-variable regions (HVRs) haplotypes. The obtained genetic data was used for phylogenetic and demographic analyses to study the structure of the Pakistani population. Additionally, the molecular diagnostic potential of the autosomal STRs was also evaluated for the detection of chromosomal aneuploidic conditions. DNA samples from 701 individuals belonging to the Punjabi, Pathan, Sindhi, Balochi and Hazara ethnic groups of Pakistan, were analyzed for fifteen short tandem repeat (STR) markers (TPOX, D2S1338, D3S1358, FGA, CSF1PO, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, THO1, VWA, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433 and D21S11) included in the AmpFlSTR® Identifiler™ PCR amplification kit. Our data showed that four markers, D2S1338, D18S51, D19S433 and FGA exhibit high power of discrimination, while TPOX was the least discriminative among all studied loci. Subsequent analyses also revealed highly significant deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium at several loci in all the studied ethnic groups, which probably occurs due to frequently practiced inbreeding (consanguineous marriages) within each group. Further analyses with the clustering algorithm STRUCTURE, principal component analysis (PCA) and neighbour joining (NJ) tree did not show clear genetic differences among the five ethnic groups. However, differences were evident with Hazara ethnic group (emerged as a genetic out-group) when the analyses were performed by using the data of 783 microsatellite markers from the HGDP-CEPH panel. Most of the STR markers in the Identifiler kit are valuable forensic tools but they are insufficient for elucidating the population structure or capturing the demarcation and variation among the studied ethnic groups of Pakistan. As the STR genotype frequency data from these five studied ethnic groups did not show any remarkable differences, it is not possible to assign ethnicity to an unknown DNA sample belonging to any of these ethnic groups on the basis of the data derived from 15 STRs. This study also attempts to investigate the applicability of AmpFlSTR® Identifiler™ PCR amplification kit for quick and simultaneous diagnosis and tracing of parental source of common chromosomal aneuploidies. Samples from 74 patients with different aneuploidic conditions were evaluated for diagnostic strengths of these STR markers. Among these aneuploidic samples, 100% of the samples with autosomal trisomies were precisely detectable using Identifiler STRs, although aneuploidies involving sex chromosomes were not detectable. Parental origin of aneuploidy was traceable in 92.54% patients with autosomal trisomies, a finding that validated the diagnostic potential of 15 STR markers for the common trisomic conditions. In order to investigate mtDNA HVRs sequence variations, we evaluated the forensic potential of the three HVRs for applicability in the Pakistani population, especially in situations where nuclear DNA is degraded. For this purpose, sequence data were generated for 104 individuals belonging to the Punjabi, Pathan, Sindhi, Balochi and Hazara ethnic groups of Pakistan. The phylogenetic analysis and comparison of the sequence data indicated that the genetic diversity is 0.9901. A total of 184 polymorphic sites were observed among all samples in the HVR-I, HVR-II, HVR-III and some other part of the mtDNA. Later haplotype analysis showed the presence of 102 haplotypes. Interestingly, 100 haplotypoes were unique to a sample and thus present a high power of discrimination (99.76%) and can be promising for forensic applications in Pakistan. However the phylogenetic analyses of the mtDNA data could not yield the genetic structure of the Pakistani population. However, the screening of intergenic COII / tRNALys 9-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism in 1233 individuals from the above mentioned five ethnic groups as well as six additional ethnic groups of Pakistan (including Brahui, Burusho, Kalash, Balti, Makrani and Parsi) demonstrated Pathans as a highly heterogeneous bearing high percentages of previously called “Asia specific” 9-bp deletion (19%) and the so called European 9-bp insertion (3.8%). Overall, the 9-bp deletion was observed in 94.16% and 9-bp insertion in 0.9% samples in all of the 1233 studied samples. These data can establish more conclusive results in conjugation with the HVRs sequence data along with their global haplotype information to provide insights into phylogenetic history and genetic demographic structure of the Pakistani population. Overall this study has contributed towards the development of an ethnically categorized allele frequency database for the Pakistani population covering both the autosomal and mitochondrial DNA. In addition, Identifiler multiplex system is presented as a valuable approach for detection of many autosomal trisomic conditions.