A prospective study of seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis in general population, and in HIV/AIDS patients in Bombay, India.

A prospective study of seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis in general population, and in HIV/AIDS patients in Bombay, India.

Two hundred and seventy nine sera (age group 13-50 years) were tested for antitoxoplasma IgG/IgM antibodies by ELISA techniques; the diagnostic titer for positive test is 10 iu/ml or > 1:100. Sera were obtained from (i) 165 (100 men/65 women) healthy adult voluntary blood donors (HIV, HBsAg,...

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Main Authors: Meisheri Y, Mehta S, Patel U
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1997-10-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Animal
Antibodies
Protozoan
blood
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Human
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
India
Male
Middle Age
Prospective Studies
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Support
Non-U.S. Gov′t
Toxoplasma
immunology
Toxoplasmosis
Cerebral
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