Seroepidemiologic study of toxoplasmosis incidence in Urmia population by using the Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA)

Subject Areas : Journal of Comparative Pathobiology

سهراب Rasouli ¹ (ندارد)
امین Khodadadi ² (ندارد)
مزدک Khodadadi ³ (ندارد)

Received: 2010-06-15 Accepted : 2010-11-13 Published : 2010-02-20

Keywords: Toxoplasmosis, IgM, IgG, Urmia, Electrochemiluminescence,

Abstract :

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide contaminated parasitic zoonotic disease. The final host of thisparasite is felines but large numbers of animal being is intermediate hosts for this parasite. Themain aim of this survey was evaluation of seroepidemiologic prevalence of toxoplasmosis inpeople of Urmia city by using the Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA). Duringthis cross-sectional study 200 people referred to Urmia pathobiology laboratories wereexamined serologically for IgG and IgM titers against toxoplasma infection by usingelectrochemiluminescence Immunoassay after filling a questionnaire. Results were examined bychi-square statistics analysis test. Acquired results showed that 94(47%) of studied casesserologically were positive for IgG titer and only in 7(3.5%) cases serologic titer of IgM waspositive. Also in 9(4.5%) cases the titer of IgG was in uncertain level. In one case only titer ofIgM was positive and totally in 6 people acute infection and in 60 people chronic infection oftoxoplasmosis was found. After Statistics Analysis it was understood that there is a significantrelationship between incidences of toxoplasmosis with age of people, kind of business, level ofeducation and ways of disinfection of vegetables that are used in their meal (p<0.05). But therewas no significant relation between toxoplasmosis and probable related factors like sex,marriage, living places, being in touch with cats and dusts and using raw steaks(p>0.05).