سرواپيد ميولوژي توكسوپلاسموزيس در مراجعين به آزمايشگاه هاي تشخيص طبي شهرستان رامسر در سال 1386

Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasmosis in referents to medical diagnostic laboratories in Ramsar during the year 1386

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in Iran and all other countries in the world. It is caused by Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoa from sarcocystidae family. The results of the researches in different provinces of Iran showed 51/8% contamination. Toxoplasmosis has sever effects on pregnant women, immune compromised persons and graft receivers. Due to lack of informations about this disease in Ramsar city, we studied the prevalence of Toxoplasmosis in this northern city of province Mazandaran. In this research our samples were 600 people. These samples were collected accidentally by filling questionnaire from people who referred to the therapeutic, medical diagnostic laboratories and hygienic centers of Ramsar city. At first, the samples were screened by agglutination test procedure to determine positive antibodies against T.gondii. At the second step, positive samples were confirmed by Indirect Immuneflorence procedure (IFA) and disease incidence was determined. Out of 600 people, 190 (31/66%) were positive >1: 20 antibody of toxoplasma that 183 people (30/5%) had antibody less than 1:400 and 7 people (1/16%) had antibody more than 1:400. By determining of relationship between toxoplasmosis and age, sex, occupation, graduation, place of living, having contact with cat and eating vegetables and salad, shown that this disease has meaningful relationship with occupation (house holding) and having contact with cat but has not meaningful relationship with other mentioned parameters.