Seroprevalence and Incidence of Toxoplasma gondii among Apparently Healthy and Visually or Hearing Disabled Children in Taiz City, Yemen.
- Author:
Madha Mohammed Sheet SALEH
1
;
Adam Hezam AL-SHAMIRI
;
Abeer Ahmed QAED
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii; seroprevalence; incidence; healthy; disabled; Yemen
- MeSH: Adolescent; Age Factors; Animals; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disabled Children; Female; *Hearing Impaired Persons; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Sex Factors; Toxoplasma/*isolation & purification; Toxoplasmosis/diagnosis/*epidemiology; Urban Population; *Visually Impaired Persons; Yemen/epidemiology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2010;48(1):71-73
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: This cross sectional study was conducted in the city of Taiz, Yemen, during the period from August 2006 to August 2007 in order to investigate the seroprevalence and incidence of toxoplasmosis among apparently healthy children (AHC) and visually and/or hearing disabled children (DC). The seroprevalence was 16.0% among AHC compared to 32.5% among DC. The effect of gender was clear as the seroprevalence rate was significantly higher among females (18.3 and 43.8% for AHC and DC, respectively) than males (13.8 and 25% for AHC and DC, respectively). The seroprevalence was proportionally increased with the age, and the highest rates (20.9 and 53.0%) were reported among the oldest age group (> 10-14 years) for AHC and DC groups, respectively. The incidence rate was also higher (4.2%) in DC group compared to AHC group (2.4%) during 1 year period. These data indicate that the seroprevalence and incidence of toxoplasmosis are significantly higher in DC group than those of AHC group. We need to check further relationship between toxoplasmosis and visual and/or hearing disability.
