Serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis among primary school children in a rural area

ABSTRACT

The present study was carried out on primary school children of Abbis VIII to assess their serological status to Toxoplasma infection. A stratified random sample was chosen from the pupils during the scholastic year 1985-1986. The total sample was 254 child. Positive reaction was obtained in 29.92% of them. The percentage of sero-positive results was significantly higher among children whose mothers had a history of stillbirths [44.44%]. Also it was affected by socio-economic level of the children where the rate of infection was highest among low socio economic groups. Cats play an indirect role in causing infection through the contamination of soil by viable oocysts. Age and sex proved to have no effect on the percentage of positive reactors