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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
12
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-1-28
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In this study, latex agglutination test (LAT) was used to detect sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies of Atayal aborigines and local animals in Nan-ao district, Ilan county and Jen-ai district, Nan-tou county as a measure of exposure to the Toxoplasma gondii. Out of 422 Atayal aborigines and 64 different animals were tested in Nan-ao district and 82 Atayal children in Jen-ai district were also screened, the positive rates for sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies were 21.8%, 17.2% and 15.9%, respectively. In Nan-ao district, neither were the positive rates significantly different in males (22.1%) and females (21.4%), nor in humans (21.8%) and dogs (19.6%) (P > 0.05). The seroprevalence in adults (28.3%) was significantly higher than that in children (18.7%) (P < 0.05), and the highest seropositive rate (38.1%) was in the age group 50-59 years and the lowest (7.7%) was in the age group 1-9 years. In general, the age pattern of prevalence is consistent with increasing duration of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii with age. For animals, the seropositive rate in dogs (19.6%) was also significantly higher than that in wild rats (7.7%) (P < 0.05). No significant difference in seropositive rate of Atayal children was observed between Nan-ao and Jen-ai districts (P > 0.05).
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| pubmed:language |
chi
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Dec
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| pubmed:issn |
1607-551X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
14
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
762-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Continental Population Groups,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Dogs,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Oceanic Ancestry Group,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Seroepidemiologic Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Taiwan,
pubmed-meshheading:9887645-Toxoplasmosis
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
[Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection among Atayal aborigines and local animals in Nan-ao district, Ilan county and Jen-ai district, Nan-tou county, Taiwan].
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Parasitology & Center for Aboriginal Health Research, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract
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