Toxoplasma antibodies by indirect latex agglutination tests in St. Mary's Hospital patients

ABSTRACT

A total of 421 patients hospitalized in St. Mary's Hospital were examined by indirect latex agglutination test in order to evaluate the Toxoplasma antibody in Korean from June to August 1981. The test sera of the patients were obtained from each age group by random sampling. The 421 samples of test sera showed negative in 153, 12 in 157, 14 in 59, 18 in 27, 116 in 7, 132 in 9, 164 in 2, 1128 in 4 and 1256 in 3 cases, respectively. The positive rate of Toxoplasma antibody was 4.3 percent in this sample when indirect latex antibodies of 132 or higher were regarded as positive. The titers of positive Toxoplasma antibodies were increased by age.