A Serological Study on Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among People in South of Tehran, Iran

Salahi-Moghaddam, Abdoreza; Hafizi, A

doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.1.61

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“…Similar to many studies (4, 10, 13, 16), our study didn't find a correlation between Toxoplasma infection and age, which probably means high infection rate during childhood and adolescence in Mashhad County, as it has been reported in some parts of Iran as well as other developing countries (17)(18)(19). Salahi-Moghaddam and Hafizi reported the highest infection rate was in adolescents, and about 60% of women were seropositive by the time they reached the reproductive age (19).…”

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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in Northeast Iran

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Amiri

Mostafavi

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Clin Vaccine Immunol

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“…Salahi-Moghaddam and Hafizi reported the highest infection rate was in adolescents, and about 60% of women were seropositive by the time they reached the reproductive age (19). The high infection rate in childhood is probably due to the presence of a large number of stray cats and the playing habits of children (i.e., soil contact) (17).…”

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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in Northeast Iran

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Mostafavi

et al. 2013

Clin Vaccine Immunol

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“…Based on this research results, in VLSS, toxoplasmosis is not related to their career and the subjects of this group as the other people, have the same probability to infect with this protozoan parasite. The overall prevalence of Toxoplasma infection was 35 %, which by considering other studies performed on general population in Iran, indicates approximately the same range of prevalence of chronic toxoplasmosis (Fallah et al 2008;Hajsoleimani et al 2012;Salahi-Moghaddam and Hafizi 2009;Sharif et al 2007) and lower than some other population based studies (Mostafavi et al 2011(Mostafavi et al , 2012. Assmar et al 1997 carried out a large-scale epidemiological study on the prevalence of infection in general population of Iran.…”

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Prevalence of Toxoplasma infection in veterinary laboratory sciences students comparing to ordinary people: a case–control study

Sadaghian

Jafari

2014

J Parasit Dis

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Toxoplasma gondii causes the foremost widespread protozoan infection with a broad variety of host range, which consists of regarding of almost all warmblooded vertebrates. There are some opinions concerning the probable occupational influence on infections to Toxoplasma in veterinary services personnel. The present study aimed to examine influence of studying in veterinary laboratory sciences as a risk factor on the prevalence rate of Toxoplasma infection in the students. In this case-control study, 80 blood samples were taken from veterinary laboratory sciences students (VLSS) as a case group and 80 blood samples from ordinary people of general population as a control group with the relatively same age, gender and health condition. Anti-Toxoplasma IgG levels in the serum samples were determined using quantitative ELISA method. According to the results, 27 (33.75 %) out of 80 samples of the cases group and also 29 (36.2 %) out of 80 samples of the control group were infected by the parasite. No statistically significant difference observed in the infection rate between the case and control groups (P = 0.740, OR 0.931; 95 % CI 0.61, 1.421). The mean serum antibody concentration in infected subjects of case and control groups showed no statistically significant difference (P = 0.618, t = 0.502). Normality of the data was assumed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (P = 0.806, Z = 0.641). Based on the results, in veterinary laboratory science students, toxoplasmosis is not related to their career and also the subjects of this group as the other people have the same risk to infect by this protozoan parasite.

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“…According to Assmar et al (10), the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Iran is 51.8%. Other studies have indicated that 55.7% of the population in the provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan, and Khozestan (11), 17.7% in Fars and Azarbayjan provinces (11, 12), and 68.4% in the southern region of Tehran (11, 13) are seropositive. Acute toxoplasmosis is asymptomatic in 80% of healthy hosts and only 20% of adults and children exhibit symptomatic infection (14).…”

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Evaluation of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Sari, Iran

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BackgroundToxoplasma gondii has worldwide distribution and is one of the most prevalent infectious agents in humans.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in hemodialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the hemodialysis unit of Fatemeh Zahra hospital at the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in Sari, Iran.MethodsSeventy-three patients with CKD and 145 healthy volunteers were assessed for anti-Toxoplasma gondii (IgG, IgM, and IgA) antibodies using a conventional ELISA technique.ResultsThe anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibody was detected in 80.8% of the cases in the patient group, while 31.5% of the cases in the CKD patient group and 31.8% in the control group were found to be positive for the anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgA antibody. All the patients in the CKD group were negative for the anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgM antibody, although 2.76% of the healthy volunteers were found to be positive. The present study suggests that there was no significant difference between the hemodialysis patient group and the healthy volunteers.ConclusionsThe epidemiological data collected in this study could serve as a reference for future studies and may be useful in developing preventive and educational strategies, and consequently reducing healthcare expenditure.

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A Serological Study on Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among People in South of Tehran, Iran

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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in Northeast Iran

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in Northeast Iran

Prevalence of Toxoplasma infection in veterinary laboratory sciences students comparing to ordinary people: a case–control study

Evaluation of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Sari, Iran

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