Table 11.
Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in sheep from Egypt
| Governorate | Source of sera | No. tested | No. positive (%) | Test | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Different | Abattoir, farms | 398 | 47 (12.1) | IFA5 | Maronpot and Botros (1972) |
| Beheira | Abattoir | 21 | 7 (33.3) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1977b) |
| Sharkia | 34 | 11 (32.3) | |||
| Port Said | Abattoir | 7 | 2 (28.5) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1977c) |
| Ismailia | 21 | 4 (19.0) | |||
| Suez | 24 | 8 (33.3) | |||
| Cairo | NS | 100 | 37 (37.0), 51 (51.0) | SAT, DT | Michael (1977) |
| 100 | 40 (40.0), 9 (9.0) | SAT, CFT | |||
| 90 | 26 (28.8), 23 (25.5) | SAT, IHA4 | |||
| Menoufiya | Abattoir | 54a | 9 (16.6) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1978) |
| Assiut | Abattoir, veterinary hospital | 169 | 115 (67.9) | DT (1:4) | Fahmy et al. (1979b) |
| Alexandria | Abattoir | 40 | 29 (72.5) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1979) |
| Sharkia | Abattoir | 17 | 5 (29.4) | IHA5 | El-Ridi et al. (1990) |
| Kafr ElSheikh | Ewes from a farm | 102 | 47 (46.0), 51 (50.0), 50 (49.0) | ELISA17, IFA2, DAT | El-Ghaysh and Mansour (1994) |
| Gharbia | Abattoir | 105 | 52 (49.5) | IHA5 | Ibrahim et al. (1997) |
| Cairo | Abattoir | 300 | 131 (43.7), 125 (41.7), 110 (37.0), 102 (34.0) | MAT (1:25), ELISA17, IFA4, DT | Shaapan et al. (2008) |
| Giza | Farms | 320 | 152 (47.5), 141 (44.0) | IHA, ELISA | Barakat et al. (2009) |
| Sharkia | Abattoir | 50 | 9 (18.0) | IHA1 | Awadallah (2010) |
| Fayoum | NS | 62 | 61 (98.4), 56 (90.3) | ELISA16, DT | Ghoneim et al. (2010) |
| Cairo | Abattoir | 280 | 141 (50.4), 172 (61.4) | LAT1, ELISA17 | Hassanain et al. (2011) |
| Sharkia | Farms | 100 | 85 (85.0) | IHA1 | Abd El-Ghany and Amin (2012) |
| NS | NS | 280 | 172 (61.4) | ELISA16 | Hassanain et al. (2013) |
| Dakahlia | NS | 292 | 122 (41.7), 193 (66.1), 181 (62.0) | LAT3, IHA1, ELISA16 | Younis et al. (2015) |
| Qena | Individual, small farms | 37 | 18 (48.7), 21(56.8) | LAT1, ELISA15 | Fereig et al. (2016) |
| Kafr ElSheikh | 46 | 32 (69.6), 32 (69.6) | |||
| Menoufiya | 28 | 3 (10.7), 4 (14.3) | |||
| Assiut | Rural areas | 50 | 22 (44.0), 43 (86.0) | LAT2, ELISA2 | Kuraa and Malek (2016) |
| Cairo, Giza, Kalubiya | NS | 254 | 163 (64.2) | ELISA17 | El Fadaly et al. (2017) |
| Menoufiya, Gharbia | Public market | 170 | 88 (51.7) | ELISA14 (0.096) | Ibrahim et al. (2017) |
| Cairo | Ewes from small farms | 25 | 10 (40.0), 7 (28.0) | OTRT, ELISA12 | Abd El-Razik et al. (2018) |
| Giza | 33 | 20 (60.6), 17 (51.5) | |||
| Skarkia | 55 | 36 (65.4), 34 (61.8) | |||
| Cairo | Abattoir | 193 | 105 (54.4), 9 (48.7) | ||
| Cairo | Abattoir | 100 | 12 (12.0), 20 (20.0) | ELISA13, IFA2 | Al-Kappany et al. (2018) |
| Dakahlia | 100 | 27 (27.0), 38 (38.0) | |||
| Sharkia | 99 | 17 (17.1), 34 (34.3) | |||
| Giza | 99 | 26 (26.2), 32 (32.3) | |||
| Ismailia | Abattoir | 100 | 34 (34.0), 33 (33.0) | ELISA, MAT | El-Gawady et al. (2018) |
a
Fifty-four were examined: 27 from Menoufiya governorate and 37 from Tahrir province (currently known as Beheira governorate).