[Behaviour of cellular immunity, detectable by means of intradermal test, following Toxoplasma gondii infection (author's transl)].
The percentage of strongly positive reactions to intradermal testing of 2,997 pregnant women was found to grown continuously by about one per cent per annum along with growing age. -- The conclusion drawn from comprehensive discussion of the above findings is that cellular immunity is likely to grow rather than decline, as assumed in the past, following toxoplasmosis infection. However, the increase, about one per cent annually, is of minor dimensions and might be based on a booster effect. -- This would mean, after all, that the intradermal test will continue to be of informative value, even long time after the infection, for example, in the context of aged patients. Therefore, no correction is required either by the criteria of interpretation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
Zum Verhalten der mit dem Intradermaltest (IDT) nachweisbaren zellulären Immunität nach einer Infektion mit Toxoplasma gondii.