Background: Toxoplasmosis is caused by an intracellular parasite , which can infect many hosts including humans.
Methods: In order to estimate whether dustmen are more susceptible to , a case-control study was conducted containing 332 dustmen from Jilin and Heilongjiang in Northeastern China, as well as 332 general populations from the same regions as control subjects. Serum samples were tested IgG and IgM antibodies to using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).