title: [Prevalence of IgG antibodies specific to Toxoplasma gondii among college student blood donors in Shijiazhuang City].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the epidemiological status of Toxoplasma gondii infection among blood donors in college students in Shijiazhuang City, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  The blood samples were collected from the students in 4 universities and healthy adults in Shijiazhuang City, and the IgG antibodies specific to T. gondii were detected by using ELISA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sera of 864 blood donors (422 males and 442 females) and 95 healthy adults were collected and checked for the IgG antibody titers against T. gondii. The positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii were 5.1% and 7.4% in college student blood donors and healthy adults, respectively (P < 0.05). The positive rates were not significantly different between the sexes (5.0% for the male and 5.2% for the female in blood donors of college students) and among the different universities (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For the higher positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii, it should be necessary to control T. gondii infection in blood donors in college students.
authors.affiliation: Yingshouyingzikuang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengde City, Hebei Province, Chengde 067000, China.
authors.forename: Lian-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Ren-Hao
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G