Preliminary assessment of prevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients with chest diseases.
Frequency of Toxoplasma antibodies in chest disease patients was assessed by IFAT. An overall positivity of 20.5% was recorded which is the range of prevalences reported in Egypt. The majority (90.3%) were positive at titre 1/16 and one case of atypical pneumonia showed titre of 1/256. The implications are discussed.
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan