Prevalence and predictors of Toxoplasma seropositivity in women with and at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Falusi, Oluwatoyin; French, Audrey L; Seaberg, Eric C; Tien, Phyllis C; Watts, D Heather; Minkoff, Howard; Piessens, Eva; Kovacs, Andrea et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2002

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We assessed the prevalence and predictors of latent Toxoplasma infection in a large group of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected at-risk US women. The prevalence of latent Toxoplasma infection was 15% (380 of 2525 persons) and did not differ by HIV infection status. HIV-infected women aged > or =50 years and those born outside of the United States were more likely to have latent Toxoplasma infection, with prevalences of 32% and 41%, respectively.

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