Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the Israeli population

Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence varies considerably between countries. We studied the seoprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in a national sample of the Israeli population; 2794 sera were tested. The highest age-adjusted seroprevalence rate was in Arabs (non-Bedouins) (60·4%), significantly...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2014-01, Vol.142 (1), p.149-155
Main Authors: MARKOVICH, M. PERRY, SHOHAT, T., RIKLIS, I., AVNI, R., YUJELEVSKI-ROZENBLIT, D., BASSAL, R., COHEN, D., RORMAN, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age groups
Aged
Antibodies
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Arab people
Arabs - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Cats
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Infant
Infections
Infectious diseases
Israel - epidemiology
Jewish diaspora
Jewish people
Jews - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Original Papers
Parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Protozoa
Protozoal diseases
Rural populations
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Socioeconomic status
Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis - ethnology
Toxoplasmosis - immunology
Womens health
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Summary:Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence varies considerably between countries. We studied the seoprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in a national sample of the Israeli population; 2794 sera were tested. The highest age-adjusted seroprevalence rate was in Arabs (non-Bedouins) (60·4%), significantly higher compared to the rate in Jews (19·9%) and Bedouins (27·5%) (P 
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268813000903