Acute and chronic toxoplasmosis; serological diagnosis in lymphadenopathy patients

ABSTRACT

Sera from 100 patients of lymphadenopathy were obtained and analyzed for antitoxoplasma IgG and IgM antibody by enzyme linked immunosorben assay [ELISA]. 36 patients were found to be seropositive, consisting of single sample of 26 patients and double samples of 10 patients. The antibody level showed that 10 patients were suffering from acute and 26 from chronic toxoplasmic infection. Regarding the analysis of seropositivity for age and sex distribution, it was found that in age group 2 1-30 years there was a significant difference [P<0.05] i.e. males dominated [61.53%] over the females [25%]