Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis among Thai Buddhist Monks
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A seroprevalence survey of toxoplasmosis among 91 Thai Buddhist monks was conducted in two temples in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. A high prevalence (8.8%) of toxoplasmosis among these subjects was observed. Control of cats and dogs in Buddhist temples should be made a current public health strategy. A total of 91 male Buddhist monks from the two temples were included into this study. After giving informed consent, each subject provided 5 ml of blood for toxoplasma serological analysis. All laboratory analysis was performed at the Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Science, Chulalongkorn University, using a commercial Human Toxoplasma IgG ELISA kit (Firmer, Thailand). In addition, blood samples from 5 dogs in the temples were collected and sent to the laboratory for toxoplasma serological analysis using a Canine Toxoplasma IgG ELISA kit (Firmer, Thailand). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS for Windows. The seroprevalence of toxoplasma among these monks was calculated and presented.
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