Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in a low-income community in the São Paulo municipality, SP, Brazil Soroprevalência de toxoplasmose em comunidade de baixa renda da municipalidade de São Paulo, SP, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Fabio de Moraes Francisco, Silvio Luís Pereira de Souza, Solange Maria Gennari, Sonia Regina Pinheiro, Vanessa Muradian, Rodrigo Martins Soares
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2006
• Subjects: Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxocara canis; Seroprevalence; Humans; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Remo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000300009; https://doaj.org/article/71c0a36192f34a559f21e2a3e64420b0

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common zoonoses worldwide. The seroprevalence for T. gondii in human population from Brazil might range from 40 to 80%. The aim of this paper was to study the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in children from age one to 15 living in a low socioeconomic community...