Prevalence and Predictors ofToxoplasmaSeropositivity in Women with and at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Year: 2002

Type: article

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.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1086/344462

Authors: Oluwatoyin Falusi, Audrey L. French, Eric C. Seaberg, Phyllis C. Tien, D. Heather Watts, Howard Minkoff, Eva Piessens, Andrea Kovacs, Kathryn Anastos, Mardge H. Cohen

Institutions: Rush University Medical Center, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Francisco, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Maimonides Medical Center, Georgetown University, University of Southern California, Lincoln Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Research Resources, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

OpenAlex ID: W2169536123