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

Authors

  • João Luis Garcia Prefeitura Municipal de Guaraci
  • Italmar Teodorico Navarro Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.1995v16n1p63

Keywords:

Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Epidemiological investigations, Seroepidemiological.

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.

 

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Author Biographies

João Luis Garcia, Prefeitura Municipal de Guaraci

 

Médico Veterinário da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Guaraci / Paraná / Brasil.

Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

 

Professor do Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva do Centro de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Estadual de Londrina / PR / Brasil - Caixa Postal 6001, CEP 86051-970.

Published

1995-01-25

How to Cite

Garcia, J. L., & Navarro, I. T. (1995). Epidemiological inquiry of the T. Gondii in people living in the rural area of Guaraci Municipality - Paraná State - Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 16(1), 63–67. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.1995v16n1p63

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