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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 19(6): 399-408, 2015.
Detection of human toxoplasmosis in Hilla,
Iraq by agglutination and ELISA tests.
Ikram Abbas Aboud Al-Sammarae, Safaa Mohammed Kreem Al-Bermani, Haidar Mohammed Ali Sadiq Al-Rubaie
School of Veterinary Medicine,
Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Aboud Al-Sammarae IA, Kreem
Al-Bermani SM, Sadiq Al-Rubaie HMA., Detection of human toxoplasmosis in Hilla, Iraq by agglutination and ELISA tests, Onl J Vet Res., 19(6): 399-408, 2015. Ninety seven female and 53 male blood samples collected from
Babylon women and Al-Hilla hospitals were tested for
toxoplasmosis by latex agglutination (LAT) and Indirect ELISA tests. Prevalence
was 46% using LAT and 34.7% with ELISA, 41.5, 48.5% in males and 32.1 and 36.1%
in females using the same tests, respectively. Using LAT, positive samples in
20-45 yr olds were 50.8% and in <20 years old,
41.7%. In males, rates were 47.6% in 20-45 years old and 35.3% in >45 years whereas in
females of same age range, were 52.4 and 42.8%, respectively. Compared with the
LAT results, the ELISA tests resulted in higher prevalence of 39.7% in 20-45
year olds and lower rate of 22.2% in persons below 20 years of age.
Higher infection rates were found in 20-45 year old males (38.1%), and females
(40.5)% but lower rates of 20% males and 23.8% females
lesss than 20 years old. Prevalence in urban areas was 18.7% and rural
27.3% using the LAT test,
but 13.3% and 21.3% using ELISA. 20-45 year olds had highest
infection for both sexes with both tests. In pregnant women, prevalence was 47%
using LAT and 39.4% with ELISA.
Key
Words: Toxoplasmosis, Agglutination, ELISA, Iraq.
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