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New and old risk-factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection: prospective cross-sectional study among military personnel in the Czech Republic.
- Source :
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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [Clin Microbiol Infect] 2007 Oct; Vol. 13 (10), pp. 1012-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Jul 06. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The aims of this study were to evaluate seroprevalence and the importance of various risk-factors for Toxoplasma infection in the Czech Republic. A prospective cross-sectional survey was conducted among military personnel in Prague. Consenting subjects (n = 3250) completed a questionnaire concerning demographics and risk-factors, and blood samples were taken to determine anti-Toxoplasma antibody titres according to complement fixation and ELISA IgG and IgM tests. The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis was 23%. In multivariate analysis, independent predictors of Toxoplasma seropositivity were age (OR 1.03 / year), consumption of raw meat (OR 1.35), owning a cat (OR 1.25), owning rabbits (OR 1.47), childhood residence in a town with a population of <10 000 inhabitants (OR 1.63) vs. location of the childhood residence in a town with population of >100 000 inhabitants, and blood group type A (OR 1.28), B (OR 1.33) or AB (OR 1.43) vs. O. These results suggested that horizontal toxoplasmosis transmission in the Czech Republic may occur through consumption of raw meat, contact with cat faeces and farming.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Animals, Domestic
Cats
Cross-Sectional Studies
Czech Republic epidemiology
Dogs
Humans
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Rabbits
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toxoplasmosis, Animal parasitology
Toxoplasmosis, Animal transmission
Antibodies, Protozoan blood
Military Personnel
Toxoplasma immunology
Toxoplasmosis epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis parasitology
Toxoplasmosis transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1198-743X
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17617185
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01771.x