Korean J Parasitol.  1982 Jun;20(1):33-37. 10.3347/kjp.1982.20.1.33.

Toxoplasma antibodies by indirect latex agglutination tests in St. Mary's Hospital patients

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  • 1Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A total of 421 patients hospitalized in St. Mary's Hospital were examined by indirect latex agglutination test in order to evaluate the Toxoplasma antibody in Korean from June to August 1981. The test sera of the patients were obtained from each age group by random sampling. The 421 samples of test sera showed negative in 153, 1:2 in 157, 1:4 in 59, 1:8 in 27, 1:16 in 7, 1:32 in 9, 1:64 in 2, 1:128 in 4 and 1:256 in 3 cases, respectively. The positive rate of Toxoplasma antibody was 4.3 percent in this sample when indirect latex antibodies of 1:32 or higher were regarded as positive. The titers of positive Toxoplasma antibodies were increased by age.


MeSH Terms

parasitology-protozoa
Toxoplasma gondii
toxoplasmosis
immunology
diagnosis
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