Estudio seroepidemiologico de la amibiasis en una comunidad del estado Zulia, Venezuela
In the present evaluation, a community of low socioeconomical conditions from Zulia State, Venezuela, was analyzed for the prevalence of antibodies to E. histolytica. Two hundred and eighty three serum samples were collected and examined by the indirect hemagglutination test according to a microtite...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 1990 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT) |
| Repositório: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/28780 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28780 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Amibiasis Seroepidemiología Venezuela |
| Resumo: | In the present evaluation, a community of low socioeconomical conditions from Zulia State, Venezuela, was analyzed for the prevalence of antibodies to E. histolytica. Two hundred and eighty three serum samples were collected and examined by the indirect hemagglutination test according to a microtiter modification of the KESSEL and LEWIS method, as used by MILGRAM et al. Antigen prepared from axenically-grown. E. histolytica strain HK9 in Diamond's medium was used. The seropositivity rate obtained was 46.6% and the frequency of positive cases was dependent on age. The antibody profiles obtained suggest a high endemicity for this parasitic infection in the area studied, with a much higher level of transmission than invasive amebiasis. |
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