Background Beta-thalassemia patients receive blood products from blood transfusion centers repeatedly. Blood transfusion can transmit Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Toxoplasma gondii. The aim of this study was serological evaluation of these two infectious agents in thalassemia patients. Materials and Methods In a cross-sectional study, the enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing was pe...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a ubiquitous,obilgate intrace;;ular protozoan"Toxoplasma gondii".the present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Toxoplasma infection in Kerman province of Iran.Atotal of 690 bllod samples,collected from patients in Kerman hospitals were serologically tested by indirect fluorescent antibody technique(IFA) for Toxoplasma antibadies.46.9 percen...

Toxoplasma gondii infection causes high rate of gestational and congenital across the globe is considered a both public health problem neglected disease. The study was carried out to determine prevalence anti-Toxoplasma antibodies associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in some Primary Health Centres Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. In this cross-sectional within 5 mon...

toxoplasma gondii is an interacellular parasite that can produce infection in many species of warm blooded vertebrates. human infection which is caused by toxoplasma gondii is worldwide. in this survey, for determining the infection in the region total of 2017 serum samples were collected from persons who were referred to karaj health centers and were examined by indirect flourescent antibody t...

Intramuscular administration of Toxoplasma gondii lysate antigens to mice produced titers of T. gondii-specific antibody (measured by Sabin-Feldman dye test) greater than or equal to 1:1,024 in their sera. Intravenous administration of heat-killed Propionibacterium acnes to mice produced peritoneal macrophages with enhanced microbicidal capacity against T. gondii. Mice with high antibody titers...

toxoplasmosis is a wide distributed opportunistic infection caused by toxoplasma gondii. this was a cross-sectional study of t. gondii antibody titer, which was conducted from june 2003 to august 2004 on renal transplant recipients in iran. a total of 551 serum samples were obtained from randomly selected population referred from different areas all over the country to shafa central clinic in t...

background: our information regarding immunity to toxoplasmosis among reproductive age women is indeterminate and there is significant variation between reported results; it is necessary to perform a meta-analysis study on subjects to obtain required findings and develop preventive measures accordingly. objective: estimation level of immunity to toxoplasmosis in reproductive ages. materials and...

One hundred and fifteen serum samples from healthy laboratory personnel and 50 consecutive samples from 19 patients with anamnestic clinical signs of toxoplasmosis were assayed by four laboratories for the presence of immunoglobulin M antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), an antibody capture assay with peroxidase-labeled toxoplasma antigen, an...