Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Toxoplasma gondii antibody titers in sera of children admitted to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital

  • Kook, Jina (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Jin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Beyong-Il (Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yun, Chong-Ku (Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Guk, Sang-Mee (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Yun-Kyu (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Tae (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chai, Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 1999.03.01
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Abstract

A total of 542 children under 10 years of age, admitted to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital, was examined for antibody titers of Toxoplasma gondii using indirect latex agglutination (ILA) test. Among them, 7.7% showed positive titers higher than 1:32, without significant difference between males (7.3%) and females (8.5%). The seropositive rate increased with age although the statistical significance was negligible (0.05

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