Chia-Kwung Fan |
------>authors3_c= ------>paper_class1=1 ------>Impact_Factor=1.746 ------>paper_class3=2 ------>paper_class2=1 ------>vol=100 ------>confirm_bywho=tedfan ------>insert_bywho=tedfan ------>Jurnal_Rank=36.4 ------>authors4_c= ------>comm_author=1 ------>patent_EDate=None ------>authors5_c= ------>publish_day=1 ------>paper_class2Letter=None ------>page2=449 ------>medlineContent= ------>unit=E0101 ------>insert_date=20050710 ------>iam=1 ------>update_date=None ------>author=??? ------>change_event=4 ------>ISSN= ------>authors_c= ------>score=479 ------>journal_name=Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ------>paper_name=Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pre-schoolchildren aged 1 to 5 years in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Western Africa ------>confirm_date=20070803 ------>tch_id=084017 ------>pmid=16260015 ------>page1=446 ------>fullAbstract=The prevalence status of Toxoplasma gondii infection in children of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (DRSTP), Western Africa, is unknown to date. A serologic survey of T. gondii infection among pre-schoolchildren aged <5 years in the DRSTP was assessed by the latex agglutination (LA) test from November 2003 to March 2004. The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was not low, reaching 21.49% (26/121). No significant gender difference in seroprevalence was found between boys (19.30%; 11/57) and girls (23.44%; 15/64) (chi2 = 0.31, P = 0.58). The older age group of 4-5 years had significantly higher seroprevalence (36.67%; 11/30) than the younger age group of <2 years (10.34%; 3/29) (chi2 = 5.64, P = 0.02). It was noteworthy that the majority of seropositive boys (90.91%; 10/11) or older children aged > or = 2 years (82.61%; 19/23) had high LA titres of > or = 1:1024, indirectly indicating acute Toxoplasma infection. This study is the first report indicating that T. gondii infection is not low in pre-schoolchildren aged <5 years in the DRSTP. Whether the DRSTP pre-schoolchildren acquire T. gondii infection through constant exposure to the parasite from their daily activities owing to poor environmental hygiene should be further evaluated. ------>tmu_sno=None ------>sno=11545 ------>authors2=Chien-Ching Hung ------>authors3=Kua-Eyre Su ------>authors4=Fung-Chang Sung ------>authors5=Hung-Yi Chiou ------>authors6=Vilfrido Gil, Maria da Conceicao dos Reis Ferreira ------>authors6_c= ------>authors=Chia-Kwung Fan ------>delete_flag=0 ------>SCI_JNo=None ------>authors2_c= ------>publish_area=0 ------>updateTitle=Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pre-schoolchildren aged 1-5 years in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Western Africa. ------>language=2 ------>check_flag=None ------>submit_date=None ------>country=None ------>no= ------>patent_SDate=None ------>update_bywho=None ------>publish_year=2006 ------>submit_flag=None ------>publish_month=3 |