ABSTRACT
A serological survey was carried out in Osorno X Región, Chile (40º 21'-40º 46' south lat, and 73º 26'-72º-46' west long.). An indirect hemagglutination test (IHAT) for toxoplasmosis was performed to 305 persons, 160 blood donors and 145 with sexuallly transmitted diseases (STD).The age the surveyed persons (167 males and 138 females) varied between 10 and 72 years. IHAT titers >16 were considered as positive. The general prevalence was 20.3 percent, 21.2 percent in blood donors and 19.3 percent in persons with some STD, with no differences between males and females. However, significant differences between males and females with STD were found (35.6 percent and 8.1 percent respectively). No differences between urban and rural inhabitants were found, with a slight higher prevalence in the urban ones. No antibodies against toxoplasma gondii were detected in six AIDS patients. The importance of performing toxoplasmosis immnuodiagnosis and individual profilaxis to avoid the infection in high risk group are recommended
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology , Toxoplasma/isolation & purification , Toxoplasmosis/epidemiology , Age Distribution , Blood Donors/statistics & numerical data , Chile/epidemiology , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Sex Distribution , Hemagglutination Tests , Toxoplasma/pathogenicity , Toxoplasmosis/etiologyABSTRACT
Se presentan los resultados obtenidos de una población en control de prostitución referente a la pesquisa y diagnóstico de enfermedades de transmisión sexual, pesquisa de patología cervical y uso de métodos anticonceptivos para regular su fecundidad. Siendo esta una población de lato riesgo para enfermedades de transmisión sexual, no deja de ser significativo que en relación a los casos de gonorrea (39 casos), los casos de sífilis (5) aparecen en una proporción de 1/8. La incidencia de Papanicolau alterados es significativamente superior en este grupo, lo que podría evidenciar una mayor incidencia de otras enfermedades de transmisión sexual, no diagnosticadas clínicamente (Condiloma Plano, virus, Chlamydia, etc.). La introducción de métodos anticonceptivos y la aplicación de un programa de educación general y personalizada disminuyó francamente el embarazo no planificado