Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran
Objective: To identify the anti-Toxoplasma antibodies from blood donors who referred to blood transfusion bases of Jahrom County, using ELISA method. Methods: Based on the prevalence and characteristics method, 400 serum samples were collected from blood donors referred to Jahrom blood transfusion b...
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| author | Mohammad Hassan Davami Morteza Pourahmad Rasoul Baharlou Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi Abbass Ahmadi Vasmejani Kavous Solhjoo Hamid Reza Fallah Mohsen Kalantari |
| author_facet | Mohammad Hassan Davami Morteza Pourahmad Rasoul Baharlou Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi Abbass Ahmadi Vasmejani Kavous Solhjoo Hamid Reza Fallah Mohsen Kalantari |
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| description | Objective: To identify the anti-Toxoplasma antibodies from blood donors who referred to blood transfusion bases of Jahrom County, using ELISA method.
Methods: Based on the prevalence and characteristics method, 400 serum samples were collected from blood donors referred to Jahrom blood transfusion bases, Southern Iran, during 2010–2011, designed at testing by ELISA. IgM and IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were tested using ELISA kits (Dia-Pro) on serums. The data were analysed by SPSS 19 software.
Results: Review of 400 cases, 54 of them were IgG positive for parasites (13.5%) and 346 of those with negative IgG (86.5%). In IgM examination, 1.75% of them have been positive IgM (7 cases) and 98.25% of them were IgM negative (393 cases). By comparing the different group ages, 40–50 year age group had the highest prevalence of IgG positive (17.9%) and the age group of 30–40 years had the highest incidence of IgM negative (2.5%).
Conclusions: Due to the serological infection rate of toxoplasmosis obtained from this study, toxoplasmosis should be considered as a significant transfusion risk factor in Jahrom and also in any region with similar situations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ce7cdc3b6cc46968318897157c6f76a2022-12-22T01:27:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine2221-16912015-12-015121060106410.1016/j.apjtb.2015.09.016Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern IranMohammad Hassan Davami0Morteza Pourahmad1Rasoul Baharlou2Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi3Abbass Ahmadi Vasmejani4Kavous Solhjoo5Hamid Reza Fallah6Mohsen Kalantari7Zoonoses Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranJahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, IranResearch Centre for Health Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranObjective: To identify the anti-Toxoplasma antibodies from blood donors who referred to blood transfusion bases of Jahrom County, using ELISA method. Methods: Based on the prevalence and characteristics method, 400 serum samples were collected from blood donors referred to Jahrom blood transfusion bases, Southern Iran, during 2010–2011, designed at testing by ELISA. IgM and IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were tested using ELISA kits (Dia-Pro) on serums. The data were analysed by SPSS 19 software. Results: Review of 400 cases, 54 of them were IgG positive for parasites (13.5%) and 346 of those with negative IgG (86.5%). In IgM examination, 1.75% of them have been positive IgM (7 cases) and 98.25% of them were IgM negative (393 cases). By comparing the different group ages, 40–50 year age group had the highest prevalence of IgG positive (17.9%) and the age group of 30–40 years had the highest incidence of IgM negative (2.5%). Conclusions: Due to the serological infection rate of toxoplasmosis obtained from this study, toxoplasmosis should be considered as a significant transfusion risk factor in Jahrom and also in any region with similar situations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115002282ToxoplasmaBlood donorsELISAIran |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Hassan Davami Morteza Pourahmad Rasoul Baharlou Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi Abbass Ahmadi Vasmejani Kavous Solhjoo Hamid Reza Fallah Mohsen Kalantari Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Toxoplasma Blood donors ELISA Iran |
| title | Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran |
| title_full | Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran |
| title_fullStr | Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran |
| title_short | Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma infection in blood donors in Jahrom District, Southern Iran |
| title_sort | seroepidemiology of toxoplasma infection in blood donors in jahrom district southern iran |
| topic | Toxoplasma Blood donors ELISA Iran |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115002282 |
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