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PURPOSE: To investigate the seroprevalence of toxocariasis in patients diagnosed as schizophrenia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety-eight schizophrenic patients hospitalized at The Elazig Psychiatric Hospital were included in the study. Anti-Toxocara IgG and/or IgM antibodies were determined by using commercial Toxocara canis IgG and/or IgM ELISA kit. RESULTS: Seropositivity for T. canis was detected in 45 (45.9%) of 98 patients and 2 (2.0%) of 100 control subjects the difference was statistically significant (p 0.05). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the schizophrenic state seems to present a high risk for Toxocara infection in Turkey.
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Adolescente , Adulto , Animales , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Anticuerpos Antihelmínticos/sangre , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Inmunoglobulina M/sangre , Esquizofrenia/sangre , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Toxocara/crecimiento & desarrollo , Toxocariasis/sangre , Turquía/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
To study the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis G virus [HGV] in hemodialysis patients in East Anatolia, Turkey. Subjects and Materials: Eighty-nine hemodialysis patients and 30 healthy individuals were analyzed by using reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction with primers specific for 5' untranslated region. HGV genotyping was performed by PCR and three randomly selected HGV-positive samples were sequenced. Of the 89 hemodialysis patients, HGV RNA was detected in 9 [10.2%]. All of our isolates were assigned to genotype 2. Our results showed that hemodialysis patients carry the risk for HGV infection in East Anatolia, Turkey