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Toxoplasma infection in selected patients in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma infections in 272 patients with ocular diseases, malignancy, women with bad obstetric history (BOH) and others (patients with fever, lymphadenitis and encephalitis) have been studied.Abstract:
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma infections in 272 patients with ocular diseases (uveitis, retinochoroiditis), malignancy (including leukemia), women with bad obstetric history (BOH) and others (patients with fever, lymphadenitis and encephalitis) have been was studied. Toxoplasma antibodies were detected by microlatex agglutination and IgM ELISA techniques. Overall, 50.7% (138/272) patients included in this study had Toxoplasma antibodies, out of which 5.7% (8/138) had IgM antibodies. Patients with malignancy had highest positive rate [68.7% (22/32)] followed by group of others. Of the different groups, women with BOH had highest Toxoplasma IgM positive rate [25.0%; (2/8)].read more
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