Prevalence of IgG and IgM anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in patients with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

With the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Toxoplasma gondii has arisen as an important opportunist pathogenic agent, especially in the central nervous system, being the most common cause of intracerebral lesions. The inc...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 1997-12, Vol.30 (6), p.465-467
Main Authors: Galván Ramírez, M L, Valdez Alvarado, V, Vargas Gutierrez, G, Jiménez González, O, García Cosio, C, Vielma Sandoval, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
AIDS
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - immunology
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Anti-Toxoplasma antibodies
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Anticorpos anti-Toxoplasma
Central nervous system
Female
HIV
HIV-1
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Immunoglobulin M - blood
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Seroepidemiologic Studies
SIDA
Toxoplasma - immunology
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis - immunology
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:With the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Toxoplasma gondii has arisen as an important opportunist pathogenic agent, especially in the central nervous system, being the most common cause of intracerebral lesions. The incidence of Toxoplasma gondii in HIV-infected patients depends principally on the existence of latent Toxoplasma parasitosis in the population affected. Through the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), IgG and IgM anti-Toxoplasma antibodies were found in 92 patients of which 46 (50.0%) were IgG seropositive, and only one case (1.0%) had IgM antibodies. Of the 92 patients: 53 were HIV seropositives and 39 had AIDS. The detection and monitoring of anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in HIV patients is essential, since in this group there is a high percentage risk of developing cerebral toxoplasmosis, which is the second cause of death in this type of patients.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/S0037-86821997000600004