Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic parasite worldwide. Wild boars are considered a good indicator host species for presence and spread of T. gondii, and they can also constitute a source of infection to other hosts. We tested samples from wild boars hunted in Ukraine using three methods: locally available ELISA, commercial multispecies ELISA, and IFAT. With the locally available ELISA, 35 of 452 wild boars tested seropositive, yielding a seroprevalence estimate of 7.7% (95% confidence interval 5.5-10.5). Using the majority criteria, 10/92 samples that were tested using all three tests were considered positive, yielding an estimated seroprevalence of 10.9% within the subset of samples.

Reference: Galat, M., Moré, G., Frey C.F., Kovalenko G., Maliuk, I., Halka, I., Sytiuk, M., Bezymennyi, M., Galat, V., Jokelainen, P., 2024. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (Sus scrofa) hunted in Ukraine. Int. J. Parasitol. Parasites Wildl. 23, 100901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100901.