Seroprevalence of IgG anti-toxoplasma antibodies in asymptomatic patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Japan.
The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii was assessed in 56 non-hemophiliac human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adult patients in Japan. Seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was only 5.4%, which is lower than reported for most other countries. Given these results, patients in Japan displaying lesions of the central nervous system and antibodies to T. gondii have a high probability of toxoplasmosis.
Naito
Toshio
T
Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo. naito@med.juntendo.ac.jp
Inui
Akihiro
A
Kudo
Nagako
N
Matsumoto
Naomi
N
Fukuda
Hiroshi
H
Isonuma
Hiroshi
H
Sekigawa
Iwao
I
Dambara
Takashi
T
Hayashida
Yasuo
Y
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan