Sero-epidemiological studies on Toxoplasma gondii infection in man and animals in Bangladesh.
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1997-06-01
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Sera from randomly selected 49 professional blood donors, 617 pregnant women, 14 butchers, 528 slaughtered goats and 24 domestic cats in the district of Mymensingh were tested for the presence of T. gondii antibodies using a Latex agglutination test (LAT). Overall 12.4% blood donors, 11.18% pregnant women, 50.00% butchers, 12.88% slaughtered goats and 33.33% cats had diagnostically significant antibody titers (> or = 1:64) to T. gondii. Epidemiological studies on T. gondii infection with LAT were conducted in 25 family members with sero-positive cats and 9 family members with 2 sero-positive women without cats in the family. Significantly (p < 0.01) higher sero-positivity rate was recorded in the family members (24.00%) with positive cats in comparison to family members (11.11%) without cats. The epidemiologic study indicates that infected cats and goat meat might be significant sources of T. gondii infection for humans in Bangladesh.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Samad MA, Dey BC, Chowdhury NS, Akhtar S, Khan MR. Sero-epidemiological studies on Toxoplasma gondii infection in man and animals in Bangladesh. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1997 Jun; 28(2): 339-43