Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the population of the Split-Dalmatia county;Učestalost protutijela za Toxoplasmu gondii u populaciji Splitsko-Dalmatinske županije

Lijecnicki Vjesnik

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-22

  Tonkić, Marija ^a   Punda Polić, Volga ^a   Sardelić, Sanda ^a   Čapkun, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibodies protozoan blood; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Prevalence; Toxoplasma immunology; Toxoplasmosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CROATIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0036914352     PISSN: 00243477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Kasper LH. Toxoplasma infection and toxoplasmosis. U: Isselbacher KJ, Braunwald E, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, ur. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 13. Izd. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1994, str. 903-8.
2. McCabe RE, Remington JS. Toxoplasma gondii. U: Mandell GL, Douglas RG Jr, Bennet JE, ur. Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 2. Izd. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1990, str. 1540-8.
3. Frenkel JK. Toxoplasmosis. Ped Clin North America 1985;32:917-32.
4. Luft BJ, Remington JS. Toxoplasmic encephalitis. J Infect Dis 1988; 157:2-21.
5. Desmonts G, Courver J. Congenital toxoplasmosis. A prospective study of 378 pregnancies. N Engl J Med 1974;290:1110-6.
6. Desmonts G, Daffos F, Forestier F, Capella-Pavlovsky M, Thulliez P, Chartier M. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis. Lancet 1985;8620:500-4.
7. Foulon W, Naessens A, Lauwers S, De Menter F, Amy JJ. Impact of primary prevention on the incidence of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 1988;72:363-6.
8. Aspöck H, Pollak A. Prevention of prenatal toxoplasmosis by serological screening of pregnant women in Austria. Scand J Infect Dis 1992; Suppl 84:32-7.
9. Hengst P. Screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnant women: Presentation of a screening program in the former »East«-Germany, and the present status in Germany. Scand J Infect Dis 1992;Suppl 84:38-42.
10. Thulliez P. Screening program for congenital toxoplasmosis in France. Scand J Infect Dis 1992;Suppl 84:43-5.
11. Jenum PA, Stray-Pedersen B, Melby KK, Kapperud G, Whitelaw A, Askild A, Eng J. Incidence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in 35,940 pregnant women in Norway and pregnancy outcome for infected women. J Clin Microbiol 1998;36:2900-6.
12. Logar J, Novak-Antolić Ž, Zore A. Serological screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy in Slovenia. Scand J Infect Dis 1995;27:163-4.
13. Ades AE, Nokes DJ. Modeling age- and time-specific incidence from seroprevalence: Toxoplasmosis. Am J Epidemiol 1993;137:1022-34.
14. Ljungström I, Gille E, Nokes J, Linder E, Forsgren M. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women in different parts of Sweden. Eur J Epidemiol 1995;11:149-56.
15. Derkos-Mikulić V. Prevalence of antibodies to T. gondii in parturients and nonpregnant women in a larger area of the city of Zagreb. Acta Parasitol Iugoslav 1974;5:67-72.
16. Konjević P. Izloženost Kongenitalnoj Toksoplazmozi na Području Općine Kutina (Magistarski Rad). Zagreb: Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu; 1978.
17. Joyson DHM. Epidemiology of Toxoplasmosis in the U.K. Scand J Infect Dis 1992; Suppl 84:65-9.
18. Oliveira J, Cunha S, Corte-Real R, Sampaio L, Dias N, Melico-Silvestre A. Risk of toxoplasmosis acquisition in the Center Region of Portugal (abstract 1517). U: Abstracts of the 7th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease; 1995 Mar 26-30; Vienna. Vienna, 1995:293.
19. Dumas M, Kawai K, Cazaux M, Sequela JP. Toxoplasmosis in Japan. Comparative study of different regions. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 1985;78:801-9.
20. Teutch SM, Juranek D, Sulzer A, Dubey JP, Sikes KR. Epidemic toxoplasmosis associated with infected cats. N Engl J Med 1979;300:695-9.
21. Roos T, Martius J, Gross U, Schrod L. Systemic Serologic Screening for Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 1993;81:243-51.
22. Valcalvi PP, Natali A, Soliani L, Montali S, Dettori G, Cheezi C. Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the population of the area of Parma (Italy). Eur J Epidemiol 1995;11:333-7.
23. Lappalainen M, Koskela P, Hedmen K, Teramo K, Ammälä P, Hiilesmaa V, Koskiniemi M. Incidence of primary toxoplasma infections during pregnancy in Southern Finland: A Prospective Cohort Study Scand J Infect Dis 1992;24:97-104.
24. Sinibaldi J, De Ramirez I. Incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in live Guatemalan newborns. Eur J Epidemiol 1992;8:516-20.
25. McCabe R, Remington JS. Toxoplasmosis: The Time Has Come. N Engl J Med 1988;313-5.