Toxoplasma Gondii Antibody Titers in Sera of Children Admitted to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital

Overview

Journal Korean J Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 1999 Apr 3

PMID 10188380

Citations 9

Authors

J Kook

H J Lee

B I Kim

C K Yun

S M Guk

M Seo

Y K Park

S T Hong

J Y Chai

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Abstract

A total of 542 children under 10 years of age, admitted to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital, was examined for antibody titers of Toxoplasma gondii using indirect latex agglutination (ILA) test. Among them, 7.7% showed positive titers higher than 1:32, without significant difference between males (7.3%) and females (8.5%). The seropositive rate increased with age although the statistical significance was negligible (0.05 < P < 0.1). By residential areas, the prevalence appeared higher among children from southern provinces (Kyongsang-do and Cholla do) than those from other areas, but the statistical significance was also very low (0.05 < P < 0.1). When the seropositive cases were analyzed by coincidental diseases, the prevalence was significantly higher in patients with congenital diseases than in patients with non-congenital diseases (P < 0.05). The results showed that the seropositive rate of toxoplasmosis in children examined was not high compared with other endemic countries. Some correlations are suggested between toxoplasmosis and congenital anomalies in Korea.

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