Lian-Fang Xin1, Ren-Hao Song. 1. Yingshouyingzikuang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengde City, Hebei Province, Chengde 067000, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To understand the epidemiological status of Toxoplasma gondii infection among blood donors in college students in Shijiazhuang City, China. METHODS: The blood samples were collected from the students in 4 universities and healthy adults in Shijiazhuang City, and the IgG antibodies specific to T. gondii were detected by using ELISA. RESULTS: The sera of 864 blood donors (422 males and 442 females) and 95 healthy adults were collected and checked for the IgG antibody titers against T. gondii. The positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii were 5.1% and 7.4% in college student blood donors and healthy adults, respectively (P < 0.05). The positive rates were not significantly different between the sexes (5.0% for the male and 5.2% for the female in blood donors of college students) and among the different universities (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: For the higher positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii, it should be necessary to control T. gondii infection in blood donors in college students.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the epidemiological status of Toxoplasma gondii infection among blood donors in college students in Shijiazhuang City, China. METHODS: The blood samples were collected from the students in 4 universities and healthy adults in Shijiazhuang City, and the IgG antibodies specific to T. gondii were detected by using ELISA. RESULTS: The sera of 864 blood donors (422 males and 442 females) and 95 healthy adults were collected and checked for the IgG antibody titers against T. gondii. The positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii were 5.1% and 7.4% in college student blood donors and healthy adults, respectively (P < 0.05). The positive rates were not significantly different between the sexes (5.0% for the male and 5.2% for the female in blood donors of college students) and among the different universities (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: For the higher positive rates of IgG antibody specific to T. gondii, it should be necessary to control T. gondii infection in blood donors in college students.