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ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2019

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among School Children in Pyin Oo Lwin and Naung Cho, Upper Myanmar.

Thị Lam Thái, Hojong Jun, Seo-Hye Park, Hương Giang Lê, Jinyoung Lee, Seong Kyu Ahn, Jung-Mi Kang, Moe Kyaw Myint, Khin Lin, Woon-Mok Sohn and 3 more

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Article in The Korean journal of parasitology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thị Lam TháiDepartment of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 52727, Korea.
Hojong JunDepartment of Tropical Medicine, and Inha Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Seo-Hye ParkDepartment of Tropical Medicine, and Inha Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Hương Giang LêDepartment of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 52727, Korea.
Jinyoung LeeDepartment of Tropical Medicine, and Inha Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Seong Kyu AhnDepartment of Tropical Medicine, and Inha Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Jung-Mi KangDepartment of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 52727, Korea.
Moe Kyaw MyintDepartment of Medical Research Pyin Oo Lwin Branch, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar.
Khin LinDepartment of Medical Research Pyin Oo Lwin Branch, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar.
Woon-Mok SohnDepartment of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 52727, Korea.
Ho-Woo NamDepartment of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Byoung-Kuk NaDepartment of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 52727, Korea.
Tong-Soo KimDepartment of Tropical Medicine, and Inha Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Gyeongsang National University · KRInha University · KRCatholic University of Korea · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2017M3A9B8069530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis in a wide range of warm-blooded animals including humans. In this study, we analyzed seroprevalence of T. gondii among 467 school children living in the rural areas of Pyin Oo Lwin and Naung Cho, Myanmar. The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii among school children was 23.5%; 22.5% of children were positive for T. gondii IgG, 0.4% of children were positive for T. gondii IgM, and 0.6% of children were positive for both T. gondii IgG and IgM. Geographical factors did not significantly affect the seroprevalence frequency between Pyin Oo Lwin and Naung Cho, Myanmar. No significant difference was found between males (22.2%) and females (25.0%). The overall seroprevalence among school children differed by ages (10 years old [13.6%], 11-12 years old [19.8%], 13-14 years old [24.6%], and 15-16 years old [28.0%]), however, the result was not significant. Polymerase chain reaction analysis for T. gondii B1 gene for IgG-positive and IgM-positive blood samples were negative, indicating no direct evidence of active infection. These results collectively suggest that T. gondii infection among school children in Myanmar was relatively high. Integrated and improved strategies including reinforced education on toxoplasmosis should be implemented to prevent and control T. gondii infection among school children in Myanmar.

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AdolescentAntibodies, ProtozoanChildFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MMaleMyanmarSeroepidemiologic StudiesStudentsToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisAntibodies, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MIgGIgMMyanmarschool childseroprevalenceToxoplasma gondii

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PMID31284355
PMCPMC6616164
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