Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in different populations of native Liberians.
An opportunist sero-epidemiological screening of 390 persons during an epidemiologic survey into the distribution of filarial infection in Liberia/West Africa provided data on the distribution of T. gondii antibodies. The average prevalence of antibodies according to the dye-test titers of 1:10 or 1:4 was 45 resp. 58%. After arbitrary division of the total group into regional subgroups there was a rising trend of antibodies with age up to 90% prevalence in the group of coastal residence of origin whereas the prevalence rates remained at a level around 50% in the inland subgroup. The implications of the findings are discussed, but the significance of this observation has to be investigated by a planned study.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002980:Climate; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000906:Antibodies