Seroprevalencia del Toxoplasma gondii en mujeres consultantes al Hospital de Yopal. Casanare 1996

Toxoplasma gondii serum prevalence was established in 378 women in ambulatory care at the hospital of Yopal (Casanare, Colombia). 51 (13.5%) women were pregnant. Indirect inmuno fluorescen gave 76.7% positive serum women which agrees with other studies in low, humid tropical zones. Positive results...

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Published inRevista de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 128 - 131
Main Authors María Paulina Posada Vergara, Enrique Javier Osorio Esquivel, Carlos Arturo Álvarez, Consuela López, Ligia Inés Moncada, Elvia Cáceres, Carlos Alberto Agudelo, Augusto Corredor Arjona
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.07.1997
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mujeres consultantes
seroprevalencia
Toxoplasma gondii
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Summary:Toxoplasma gondii serum prevalence was established in 378 women in ambulatory care at the hospital of Yopal (Casanare, Colombia). 51 (13.5%) women were pregnant. Indirect inmuno fluorescen gave 76.7% positive serum women which agrees with other studies in low, humid tropical zones. Positive results increased rapidly and significantly with age. 76.2% of serum-positive women had titers less or equal to 1:256, while 23.8% of them had titers over 1:1024. We could not  stablished an association between positive results and several cultural and behavioral parameters, except with the number of children.
ISSN:0120-0011
2357-3848