Toxoplasma gondii infection and liver disease: a case-control study in a northern Mexican population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii may cause liver disease. However, the impact of the infection in patients suffering from liver disease is unknown. Therefore, through a case-control study design, 75 adult liver disease patients attending a public hospital in Durango City, Mexico, and 150 controls from the general population of the same region matched by gender, age, and residence were examined with enzyme-linked immunoassays for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG and anti-Toxoplasma IgM antibodies. Socio-demographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics from the study subjects were obtained.

Results

Seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies and IgG titers did not differ significantly in patients (10/75; 13.3%) and controls (16/150

SUBMITTER: Alvarado-Esquivel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3105944 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature