Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence: 30-year trend in an HIV-infected US military cohort.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Published: January 2016

To determine if Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibody prevalence is declining in HIV-infected persons, we analyzed data (1984-2013) from the US Military HIV Natural History Study. We found that T. gondii seroprevalence at enrollment was associated with age and decreased significantly after 1995 (P=0.004), similar to the general US population.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.09.008DOI Listing

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