title: [Seroepidemiologic study of amebiasis in a community of the State of Zulia, Venezuela].
abstract: In the present evaluation, a community of low socioeconomical conditions from Zulia State, Venezuela, was analyzed for the prevalence of antibodies to E. histolytica. Two hundred and eighty three serum samples were collected and examined by the indirect hemagglutination test according to a microtiter modification of the KESSEL and LEWIS method, as used by MILGRAM et al. Antigen prepared from axenically-grown. E. histolytica strain HK9 in Diamond's medium was used. The seropositivity rate obtained was 46.6% and the frequency of positive cases was dependent on age. The antibody profiles obtained suggest a high endemicity for this parasitic infection in the area studied, with a much higher level of transmission than invasive amebiasis.
authors: Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Chacin-Bonilla
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Mathews
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Dikdan
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Guanipa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan
vernacular_title: Estudio seroepidemiológico de la amibiasis en una comunidad del Estado Zulia, Venezuela.