@article{7c941c9ecbc84f7fa966bbf4c6a5022d,
title = "Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among inhabitants in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe",
abstract = "The level of Toxoplasma gondii infection among the general population of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is unclear. The T. gondii infection status of inhabitants who visited National Central Hospital on Sao Tome Island was assessed by a latex agglutination test. The overall seroprevalence was 74.5% (120/161). No significant gender difference in seroprevalence was found between males and females. The older age group (≥45 years) had significantly higher seroprevalence (80.0%, 28/35) than the younger age group (2 = 16.04, P <0.001).",
keywords = "Latex agglutination test, Protozoan antibodies, Risk factors, Sao Tome and Principe, Seroprevalence, Toxoplasma gondii",
author = "Fan, {Chia Kwung} and Hung, {Chien Ching} and Su, {Kua Eyre} and Chiou, {Hung Yi} and Vilfrido Gil and Ferreira, {Maria da Conceicao dos Reis} and Tseng, {Lian Fen}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Hygiene of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe for their support and permission to conduct the study and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Health, Taiwan, for their support of this investigation. The authors thank Yu-Kuan Lin, Hung-Shue Lan, Wen-Cheun Chang, Shing-Hsien Chou for their assistance with the collection of serum samples and the latext agglutination test; Fung-Chang Sung, Ke-Yun Sao for suggesting the National Central Hospital on Sao Tome Island as the study location; and Jose Manuel de Carvalho and Claudina Cruz for communicating with the study participants. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2007",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.010",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "1157--1158",
journal = "Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
issn = "0035-9203",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "11",
}
