title: [Toxoplasmosis in Eastern Gabon. Results of a serologic survey].
abstract: 1,448 sera taken from individuals of various places of South-Eastern Gabon have been studied by means of indirect immunofluorescence and Fulton direct agglutination associated with 2-mercapto-ethanol test, 52.6% contained antitoxiplasmic antibodies. This study showed that toxoplasmic infection occurs early in both sexes, that it is more frequent in men (57.9%) than in women (45.4%), that the Ogooué-Lolo province is more contaminated (62.6%) than the High Ogooué province (49.6%). It seems that prevalence differences are less dependent upon the telluric elimate than upon other factors, which remain to find.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005681:Gabon; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
vernacular_title: La toxoplasmose au Gabon oriental. Résultats d'une enquête sérologique.