Toxoplasmosis - seroprevalence and trend over 10 years.

IF 0.5 4区医学 Q4 MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiologie Mikrobiologie Imunologie Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.61568/emi/11-6445/20250128/139683

J Ficik

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Abstract

Objective: Determination of the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients tested in the network Unilabs Slovakia Ltd over 10 years (2011-2020).

Material and methods: In the study period, 142,088 patients from all over Slovakia underwent targeted serological screening for toxoplasmosis. Serum samples were tested for IgG and IgM antibodies by electrochemiluminescence assays. A total of 469,824 of tests were performed during the study period in three central laboratories of the Alpha Medical company (now Unilabs Slovakia Ltd) located in Bratislava, Ružomberok-Likavka, and Stropkov.

Results: The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis has shown a slightly upward trend (for IgM antibodies), remaining stable for IgG class antibodies, neither declining nor rising. An upward trend in positive IgM antibodies appeared not only in general, but also in pregnant women. When calculated per 100,000 population, the IgG seroprevalence has shown an upward 10-year trend for the whole of Slovakia.

Conclusion: The results of this study have evidenced that toxoplasmosis is far from declining in Slovakia; just on the contrary, it can be reasonably assumed that its incidence is slowly rising, especially among pregnant women, which, from the point of view of public health, is worthy of further and more detailed investigation.

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弓形虫病——10年来的血清患病率和趋势。

目的：测定10年来（2011-2020年）Unilabs斯洛伐克有限公司网络检测的患者血清弓形虫病的患病率。材料和方法：在研究期间，来自斯洛伐克各地的142,088名患者接受了弓形虫病的靶向血清学筛查。采用电化学发光法检测血清IgG和IgM抗体。在研究期间，在位于布拉迪斯拉发、Ružomberok-Likavka和斯特罗普科夫的Alpha医疗公司（现为Unilabs斯洛伐克有限公司）的三个中心实验室共进行了469,824次试验。结果：弓形虫病血清阳性率（IgM类抗体）呈轻微上升趋势，IgG类抗体保持稳定，既不下降也不上升。IgM抗体阳性率不仅在一般人群中呈上升趋势，而且在孕妇中也有上升趋势。按每10万人计算，10年来整个斯洛伐克的IgG血清流行率呈上升趋势。结论：本研究结果表明，斯洛伐克弓形虫病远未减少；恰恰相反，可以合理地假设，其发病率正在缓慢上升，特别是在孕妇中，从公共卫生的角度来看，这值得进一步和更详细的调查。

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Epidemiologie Mikrobiologie Imunologie Medicine-Immunology and Allergy

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