Epidemiological inquiry of the T. Gondii in people living in the rural area of Guaraci Municipality - Paraná State - Brazil.

Abstract

An epidemiological inquiry was made in order to verify the occurrence of T. gondii among people living in the rural area of Guaraci Municipality, Parana State, Brazil. One hundred and fifteen samples from people between the ages of 6 and 74 years old, were submitted to Indirect Immunofluorescence assay for anti T. gondii antibodies. The survey revealed 71,3% of positive reactions with titles equal to or higher than 1:16 for IgG. The most frequent titles were among 1:1024 and 1:4096 (29,2%). There were no positive reactions for IgM. Sex and age did not influence the indices of positive and negative samples.