title: Seroprevalence of IgG anti-toxoplasma antibodies in asymptomatic patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo. naito@med.juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Nagako
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isonuma
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sekigawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dambara
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashida
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan