Molecular analysis of Toxoplasma gondii in samples of açaí (Euterpe oleracea) ice cream purchased from commercial establishments

Autores

  • Beatriz Januário ALENCAR Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0966-4367
  • Lívia Vieira GARDI Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-7325
  • Laís Pereira da SILVA Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8804-3813
  • Bruna dos Santos LEITE Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3138-8887
  • Juliano Gonçalves PEREIRA Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-7506
  • Antonio Carlos PAES Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-927X
  • Marcos Vinícius RANGEL Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Medical College, Department of Tropical Diseases and Image Diagnosis, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-2268
  • Isabella Neves AIRES Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Medical College, Department of Tropical Diseases and Image Diagnosis, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-3150
  • Thainá Valente BERTOZZO Centro Universitário Sagrado Coração, Bauru, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-2021
  • Vera Cláudia Lorenzetti Magalhães CURCI Biological Institute, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-0493
  • Michel dos Santos PINTO Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-9553
  • Kátia Denise Saraiva BRESCIANI Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-8855
  • Simone Baldini LUCHEIS Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia - FMVZ-UNESP-Botucatu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-5281

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/fst.00434

Palavras-chave:

Euterpe oleracea, açai, toxoplasmosis, diagnosis, spatial analysis

Resumo

The purpose of this study was to analyze the occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in the samples of ice cream made with açai (Euterpe oleracea) pulp. Fifty samples of ice cream made with açaí pulp, purchased from 11 municipalities in the state of São Paulo, were analyzed. Conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed with the primers TOX4/TOX5, and nested PCR (nPCR) was carried out with the primers TgNP1/TgNP2. Of the 50 samples evaluated, 1 (2%) was positive according to nPCR. The molecular detection of T. gondii in the samples of ice cream made with açai pulp in this study serves as an alert of the need for continuing epidemiological vigilance to detect this zoonosis, whose occurrence is increasing due to the widespread and expanding consumption of food products made from açai pulp.

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2025-03-26

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ALENCAR, B. J., GARDI, L. V., SILVA, L. P. da, LEITE, B. dos S., PEREIRA, J. G., PAES, A. C., RANGEL, M. V., AIRES, I. N., BERTOZZO, T. V., CURCI, V. C. L. M., PINTO, M. dos S., BRESCIANI, K. D. S., & LUCHEIS, S. B. (2025). Molecular analysis of Toxoplasma gondii in samples of açaí (Euterpe oleracea) ice cream purchased from commercial establishments. Food Science and Technology, 45. https://doi.org/10.5327/fst.00434

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