| seroepidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in a public hospital in northern mexico. | toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) infection in pregnant women represents a risk for congenital disease. there is scarce information about the epidemiology of t. gondii infection in pregnant women in mexico. therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence of t. gondii infection and associated socio-demographic, clinical and behavioural characteristics in a population of pregnant women of durango city, mexico. | 2006 | 16839423 |
| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in cats from durango city, mexico. | the prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii was determined in sera from 105 domestic cats from durango city, mexico. using a modified agglutination test, antibodies to this parasite were found in 21% of the 105 cats, with titers of 1:25 in 3 cats, 1:50 in 4 cats, 1:200 in 5 cats, 1:400 in 2 cats, 1:800 in 2 cats, 1:1,600 in 4 cats, and 1:3,200 or higher in 2 cats. cats older than 1 yr had a significantly higher frequency of infection than that found in cats younger than 0.5 yr (41 vs. 13.2 ... | 2007 | 18163360 |
| toxoplasma gondii infection and schizophrenia: a case control study in a low toxoplasma seroprevalence mexican population. | there are conflicting reports concerning the association of toxoplasma gondii infection and schizophrenia in humans. therefore, we determined such association in a mexican population of mestizo ethnicity. through a case-control study design, 50 schizophrenic patients and 150 control subjects matched by gender, age, residence place, and ethnicity were examined with enzyme-linked immunoassays for the presence and levels of t. gondii igg antibodies and for the presence of t. gondii igm antibodies. ... | 2011 | 21292026 |
| seroepidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in a mennonite community in durango state, mexico. | there is a lack of information concerning the epidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in mennonites (an ethnic group of mexican citizens of german descent living in rural communities). the prevalence of anti- t. gondii immunoglobulin (ig) g and igm antibodies was examined in 152 mennonites in durango state, mexico, using enzyme-linked immunoassays. in total, 46 (30.3%) of 152 participants (mean age 38.4 ± 15.5 yr) had igg t. gondii antibodies; 5 (3.3%) also had igm t. gondii antibodies. toxo ... | 2010 | 20481662 |
| seroepidemiology of infection with toxoplasma gondii in waste pickers and waste workers in durango, mexico. | municipal waste is a potential source of infection for toxoplasma gondii as it may contain contaminated meat with parasite tissue cysts and cat excrement with parasite oocysts. therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence of t. gondii infection and associated characteristics in two populations exposed to municipal solid waste in durango, mexico. ninety waste pickers and 83 waste workers of durango city, mexico were examined for t. gondii infection. they were tested for anti-t. gondii igg and ... | 2008 | 18489540 |
| seroepidemiology of infection with toxoplasma gondii in healthy blood donors of durango, mexico. | toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) infection in blood donors could represent a risk for transmission in blood recipients. there is scarce information about the epidemiology of t. gondii infection in blood donors in mexico. therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence of t. gondii infection and associated socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics in a population of healthy blood donors of durango city, mexico. | 2007 | 17629901 |
| seroepidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in patients with vision and hearing impairments, cancer, hiv, or undergoing hemodialysis in durango, mexico. | toxoplasma gondii infection may cause a variety of symptoms involving virtually all organs. little is known of the epidemiology of t. gondii infection in different patient groups in mexico. we sought to determine the prevalence of t. gondii infection and associated epidemiological characteristics in 472 patients in durango, mexico. participants were tested for t. gondii igg and igm antibodies. in addition, sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics from each participant were obta ... | 2010 | 20557194 |
| isolation of toxoplasma gondii from animals in durango, mexico. | little is known concerning the epidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in people and animals in rural mexico. serum samples and tissues from 150 dogs (canis familaris), 150 cats (felis catus), 65 opossums (didelphis virginianus), 249 rats (rattus spp.), 127 mice (mus musculus), and 69 squirrels (spermophilus variegatus) from the durango area were evaluated for t. gondii infection. using a modified agglutination test and a serum dilution of 1:25, antibodies to this parasite were found in 68 ( ... | 2009 | 18925790 |