Elevated Toxoplasma gondii Infection Rates for Retinas from Eye Banks, Southern Brazil

We found significantly higher incidence of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in eye bank specimens from Joinville in southern Brazil (13/15, 87%) than in São Paulo (3/42, 7%; p = 2.1 × 10E-8). PCR DNA sequence analysis was more sensitive at locus NTS2 than at locus B1; a high frequency of mixed co-infections wa...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2016-04, Vol.22 (4), p.691-693
Main Authors: Commodaro, Alessandra G, Chiasson, Melissa, Sundar, Natarajan, Rizzo, Luiz Vicente, Belfort, Jr, Rubens, Grigg, Michael E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Brazil - epidemiology
Chorioretinitis
Dispatch
Elevated
Eye Banks
Genetic Loci
Genotype
Humans
Infection Rates for Retinas from Eye Banks, Southern Brazil
Middle Aged
ocular toxoplasmosis
parasites
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Prevalence
retina
Retina - parasitology
Retina - pathology
serotype
Toxoplasma - genetics
Toxoplasma - growth & development
Toxoplasma - isolation & purification
Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - diagnosis
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - parasitology
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - pathology
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Summary:We found significantly higher incidence of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in eye bank specimens from Joinville in southern Brazil (13/15, 87%) than in São Paulo (3/42, 7%; p = 2.1 × 10E-8). PCR DNA sequence analysis was more sensitive at locus NTS2 than at locus B1; a high frequency of mixed co-infections was detected.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2204.141819