[Toxoplasmosis in Japan. Comparative study of different regions]. / La toxoplasmose au Japon. Etude comparative de différentes régions.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales
; 78(5 Pt 2): 801-9, 1985.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3836767
ABSTRACT
Specificities of Japan by geography, culture, and low incidence for Toxoplasmosis were examined in this epidemiological study. 1 731 human sera were examined by several immunological tests but these results are related with Agglutination-Latex test. The sera came from North (Hokkaido), Middle (Tokyo area) and South (Okinawa). The ratio for the whole Japan towards Toxoplasmosis is 24.7% but the increase of antibodies with age is late rate of positivity 4.6% up to 17 years old and nearly 30% after 30 years old. Cats, business, climate do not seem to influence the human infection. It is consumption of meat and particularly raw meat which influence the results:
40.8% positive results among eaters of raw meat and 22% among those not eating meat or eating it well cooked.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Toxoplasmosis
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales
Year:
1985
Document type:
Article