A seroepidemiological survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection among Atayal and Paiwan mountain aborigines and Southeast Asian laborers in Taiwan was assessed from February 1998 to July 2000 using a latex agglutination test. To determine risk factors for T. gondii infection among Taiwan aborigines, the consumption of raw meat and valley water were given particular attention in a self-administered questionnaire. The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was 19.4% for Atayal, 26.7% for Paiwan, 42.9% for Indonesian, 14.7% for Thai, and 11.3% for Filipinos. No significant gender difference in seroprevalence was found among Atayals, Paiwans, Indonesians, and Filipinos (P > 0.05). In the Thai group, however, males had a higher seroprevalence than females (P < 0.001). Results of the multiple logistic regression analysis indicate a higher odds ratios (OR) with age in both aboriginal groups. In contrast, the OR was lower among older Indonesians and Thais. Those Atayals and Paiwans with a history of eating raw meat seemed more susceptible to T. gondii infection than those who had never consumed raw meat. Ethnically, a significant difference in seroprevalence was observed between Indonesians and Paiwans, Atayals, Thais, and Filipinos (P < 0.001).
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
April 2002
RESEARCH NOTES|
April 01 2002
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among Two Mountain Aboriginal Populations and Southeast Asian Laborers in Taiwan
Chia-Kwung Fan;
Chia-Kwung Fan
aDepartment of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Search for other works by this author on:
Kua-Eyre Su;
Kua-Eyre Su
bDepartment of Parasitology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Search for other works by this author on:
Gin-Hui Wu;
Gin-Hui Wu
cCenter for Foreign Laborer Health, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Search for other works by this author on:
Hung-Yi Chiou
Hung-Yi Chiou
dDepartment of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. [email protected]
Search for other works by this author on:
J Parasitol (2002) 88 (2): 411–414.
Citation
Chia-Kwung Fan, Kua-Eyre Su, Gin-Hui Wu, Hung-Yi Chiou; Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among Two Mountain Aboriginal Populations and Southeast Asian Laborers in Taiwan. J Parasitol 1 April 2002; 88 (2): 411–414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0411:SOTGIA]2.0.CO;2
Download citation file:
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Client Account
You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again.
Could not validate captcha. Please try again.
Sign in via your Institution
Sign in via your InstitutionCiting articles via
LOUSY ASSOCIATIONS: SUCKING LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA: ANOPLURA) PARASITIZING RODENTS AND LAGOMORPHS IN THE DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEVADA
Sara B. Weinstein, John P. Dumbacher, Lance A. Durden
A NEW SPECIES OF ACANTHOBOTHRIUM (CESTODA: ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA), PARASITE OF THE GIANT ELECTRIC RAY NARCINE ENTEMEDOR JORDAN AND STARKS, 1895 (BATOIDEA: TORPEDINIFORMES) FROM MEXICO
Erick Rodríguez-Ibarra, Berenice Adán-Torres, Fernando Ruiz-Escobar, Gerardo Torres-Carrera
SEROPREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN GOATS FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI, USA
Alexander D. W. Acholonu, Jamela S. Alexander
TAXES OF DICYEMIDS (PHYLUM DICYEMIDA)
Naoki Hisayama, Yuto Takeuchi, Hidetaka Furuya
TRICHINELLA MURRELLI POZIO AND LA ROSA, 2000 IN A GRAY FOX (UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS) FROM PENNSYLVANIA: A NEW HOST RECORD FOR THIS ZOONOTIC NEMATODE
P. C. Thompson, L. S. de Araujo, A. Gupta, S. Kay, O. C. H. Kwok, J. Battle, K. Van Why, J. D. Brown, B. M. Rosenthal, J. P. Dubey