| [screening for antibodies against zoonotic agents among employees of the zoological garden of vienna, schönbrunn, austria]. | the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antibodies against zoonotic agents in employees of the zoological garden of vienna, schönbrunn, austria. sixty out of 120 employees participated in the study. in 97% of them antibodies to at least one zoonotic agent were identified. only two participants were free of antibodies to the zoonotic agents tested. the following seroprevalences (in brackets) were obtained: viral zoonotic (and potentially zoonotic) agents: influenzavirus a/h1n1 ... | 2004 | 15495931 |
| prevalence of antibodies against neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii in dogs and foxes in austria. | sera from 1770 dogs and 94 red foxes from austria were examined for antibodies against neospora caninum using the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (ifat). 3.6% of the dogs were seropositive with titres ranging from 1:50 to 1:6400. dogs from rural areas were significantly more often seropositive for n. caninum than those from the urban area of vienna (5.3% versus 2.1%). there were no significant differences in sex or breed, but a slight increase in seropositivity with age was apparent, in ... | 2005 | 15740855 |
| [toxoplasmosis round-robin test in austria: results and limits of the toxoplasmosis screening]. | in 1983 the osterreichische gesellschaft für qualitätssicherung und standardisierung medizinisch-diagnostischer untersuchungen (oquasta) has invited the department of medical parasitology of the clinical institute of hygiene and medical microbiology, university of vienna (today: medical university of vienna), to establish an external quality assessment service on the detection of specific antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, one of the most prevalent protozoic parasites in the world. the object ... | 2005 | 16416381 |
| clinical symptoms and diagnosis of encephalitozoonosis in pet rabbits. | infections with encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits are observed at increasing frequency and are known as opportunistic infections in immunocompromised humans. 191 pet rabbits with suspected encephalitozoonosis, presented at the animal hospital of the veterinary university of vienna (austria), were included in this study. rabbits were serologically examined for antibodies against e. cuniculi (144 positive out of 184 rabbits with suspected encephalitozoonosis compared to 14 positive out of 40 cli ... | 2008 | 18164135 |