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Sera from the pet cats and the pet owners were tested for anti-<jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> antibodies using an modified agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Moreover, the risk factors for <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infection in pet cats and corresponding pet owners were explored.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In total, 62 sera out of 306 examined pet cats (20.3%) and 18.1% (72\/397) pet cat owners were seropositive for <jats:italic>T. gondii,<\/jats:italic> respectively. The results of statistical analysis showed that both pet cats and their owners from rural area had significantly higher <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> seroprevalence than those from urban area (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Moreover, owners of pet cas who have the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases had a significantly lower <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> seroprevalence than those without the knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The present results revealed that the seroprevalence of <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infection are widespread in pet cats and their owners in Jilin province, northeastern China. Residence area and understanding knowledge of zoonotic protozoan diseases are considered to be raleted to the <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infection. Hence, it is necessary to highlight the dangers and protection methods of zoonotic protozoan diseases caused by pet cats, especially in rural area.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12917-021-03110-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,3]],"date-time":"2022-01-03T07:03:20Z","timestamp":1641193400000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Xin-Tong","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Ding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wu-Wen","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"3110_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"152","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-5-152","volume":"5","author":"J Chen","year":"2012","unstructured":"Chen J, Xu MJ, Zhou DH, Song HQ, Wang CR, Zhu XQ. 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