{"doi":"10.1089/vbz.2016.2103","title":"Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of\n                    <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>\n                    in Slaughter Pigs in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China","abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Toxoplasma gondii</jats:italic>\n                    is an important food-borne zoonotic protozoan parasite, which can infect endothermic animals, including pigs. However, data on\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    in slaughter pigs in Shaanxi Province were still lacking. To detect the seroprevalence and analyze the risk factors of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    infection in slaughter pigs in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China, a total of 784 serum samples were collected from four administrative regions and detected by indirect hemagglutination test for\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    infection. Antibodies to\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    were found in 19.9% (156/784) slaughter pigs. Moreover, the seropositive rate was different among rearing systems (31% in nonintensive pig farms and 6.7% in intensive pig farms), genders (19.8% in male and 20.0% in female), and regions (ranging from 6.7% in Shenmu to 38.2% in Zhouzhi). Rearing system and region were identified as risk factors for\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    infection. These results showed that\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    is highly prevalent in slaughter pigs in Shaanxi Province, and it could cause a serious risk to public health. This study provided fundamental information for the prevention and control of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii</jats:italic>\n                    infection in slaughter pigs in China.\n                  </jats:p>","journal":"Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases","year":2017,"id":602935,"datarank":0.4335557636844247,"base_score":2.8903717578961645,"endowment":2.8903717578961645,"self_citation_contribution":0.4335557636844247,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.4335557636844247,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":17,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1546559,"name":"Ya-lin Wang","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":463370,"name":"Zhao Yang","orcid":"0000-0002-4133-3130","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1546560,"name":"Xi-lai Li","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1546561,"name":"Zong-ren Li","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1336409,"name":"Qing Lin","orcid":"0000-0003-3725-2036","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1145983,"name":"Fei Wu","orcid":"0000-0001-5388-0003","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of\n                    <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>\n                    in Slaughter Pigs in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China","abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Toxoplasma gondii</jats:italic>\n                    is an important food-borne zoonotic protozoan parasite, which can infect endothermic animals, including pigs. 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