بررسي ميزان شيوع آلودگي به توكسوپلاسما در مراجعين به آزمايشگاههايتشخيص طبي شهرستان لاهيجان درسال 1358

The survey of prevalence rate of Toxoplasmosis in reference medical diagnostic laboratory in Lahijan during the year 1385

Toxoplasmosis is one of the prevalent parasitic diseases in most parts of the world including Iran. It caused by a unicellular parasite belonging to the toxoplasmosis genus and sarcocytidae family. The results of the researches in different provinces of Iran showed 51.8% contamination. In view of the prevalence of the diseases in Lahijan, we sought to examine the sero-epidemiology of the disease there. In the sero-epidemiologic study by using IFA technique on different patients who referred to diagnosis centers in the city of Lahijan, the relation of this disease with parameters including age, sex occupation, residential place, education, contact with cats and having vegetables and salad was specified. Out of 190 people, 4.2 % of men and 5.2% of women had titer upper than 1:400.In the group with age range of 21-30 years old out of 190 cases, 10% of people were negative and 4.2% of this group had titer upper than 1:400. Contact with cats played an important role in prevalence of this disease in the city of Lahijan. Out of 190 cases, 59% were negative and 9.4 % had titer upper than 1:400. The statistical studies do not confirm a meaningful relation between type of occupation and this disease, there was no significant difference between people who had referred to the centers from urban and rural societies and there were equal numbers of positive and negative cases in both societies. No meaningful relation was observed between having vegetables and salad and this disease.