| Literature DB >> 16388035 |
Süleyman Yazar, Mustafa Gur, Ibrahim Ozdogru, Ozan Yaman, Abdurrahman Oguzhan, Izzet Sahin.
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) involves interactions between the cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and immune systems. This study investigated the seropositivity rate for anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies by ELISA in patients with CHF. Ninety-seven patients with CHF and 50 healthy volunteers were selected for this investigation. The seropositivity rate for anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies among CHF patients (68%) was significantly higher than in healthy volunteers (36%). Thus, parasitological screening of this group of patients should be periodically performed to prevent the possible dissemination of toxoplasmosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16388035 DOI： 10.1099/jmm.0.46255-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Microbiol ISSN： 0022-2615 Impact factor: 2.472