Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in Tananarive. Study conducted at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (PIM) on a sample of 2354 subjects

The prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies was studied in 2,354 individuals in Tananarive, at the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar. The seroprevalence among the malagasy population amounts to 52.1%. At the age of 10 years old, 36.3% of our sample have already acquired toxoplasma antibodies, proving an ea...

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Published inBulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 212 - 216
Main Authors Dromigny, J A, Pecarrere, J L, Leroy, F, Ollivier, G, Boisier, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1996
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Child
Child, Preschool
China - ethnology
Female
France - ethnology
Humans
India - ethnology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Madagascar
Male
Middle Aged
Pakistan - ethnology
Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis - immunology
Madagascar
Pakistan
France
China
India
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Summary:The prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies was studied in 2,354 individuals in Tananarive, at the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar. The seroprevalence among the malagasy population amounts to 52.1%. At the age of 10 years old, 36.3% of our sample have already acquired toxoplasma antibodies, proving an early infection. No differences have been observed between sexes. The toxoplasmosis prevalence among the female population coming from France, India and Pakistan and living in Tananarive seemed the same than in their home countries, whereas female population coming from China had shown a different seroprevalence compared to their home country.
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ISSN:0037-9085