2012
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048139
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Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Healthy Blood Donors in Taiwan

Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic, zoonotic pathogen with a worldwide distribution. There are large variations in the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in different regions of the world. Although toxoplasmosis became a notifiable communicable disease in Taiwan in 2007, little is known about its epidemiology among the general population. This cross-sectional study aimed to survey the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection and its risk factors among healthy blood donors in Taiwan. Through collaborating wi… Show more

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“…However, eating undercooked or frozen meat or drinking unboiled water are likely risk factors among pregnant women for contracting toxoplasmosis because risk factor analysis of data of the eight seropositive pregnant women showed that 62.5z (5/8) and 50.0z (4/8) of them had a history of eating undercooked or frozen meat, respectively, and 37.5z (3/8) of the participants had a history of drinking unboiled water. This hypothesis is largely supported by a large-scale seroepidemiological study on toxoplasmosis conducted in 2010 among healthy blood donors in Tiwan, indicating that the consumption of undercooked meat was an independent risk factor for Toxoplasma seropositivity (30).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…However, eating undercooked or frozen meat or drinking unboiled water are likely risk factors among pregnant women for contracting toxoplasmosis because risk factor analysis of data of the eight seropositive pregnant women showed that 62.5z (5/8) and 50.0z (4/8) of them had a history of eating undercooked or frozen meat, respectively, and 37.5z (3/8) of the participants had a history of drinking unboiled water. This hypothesis is largely supported by a large-scale seroepidemiological study on toxoplasmosis conducted in 2010 among healthy blood donors in Tiwan, indicating that the consumption of undercooked meat was an independent risk factor for Toxoplasma seropositivity (30).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…The rate of Toxoplasma infection in healthy blood donors varies in different areas of the world and this mainly depends on the rate of infection in the community [10][11][12][13][14][15]. In some areas, such as northeast Brazil, north India and Egypt, more than 50% of blood donors have been seropositive for Toxoplasma infection [11,14,16].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In some areas, such as northeast Brazil, north India and Egypt, more than 50% of blood donors have been seropositive for Toxoplasma infection [11,14,16]. Lower rate of infection in blood donors have been reported from Taiwan (9.3%), Thailand (9.6%), Mexico (7.4%) or Turkey (19.5%) [10,15,[17][18].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, similar T. gonii seroprevalence studies on blood donors have been conducted in other countries such as Taiwan, India, and Mexico. The reported rates vary from 7.4% to 51.8% for IgG and 0.28% to 5% for IgM anti-T. gondii antibodies (12,(16)(17)(18). These differences may be due to sample size, mean age of the participants, geography, and sensitivity of detection methods.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%