Seroepidemiologic profile of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in veterinary medicine students

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Paz, Giselle Souza da
Moraes, Carla Cristina Guimarães de
Silva, Diogo Cristo da Silva e
Carmo, Ediclei Lima do
Andrade, Ivan Mattoso
Possebon, Fábio Sossai
Vilar, Adriano Marcos de Carvalho
Lima, Nivlado Venícius Gomes de
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The state of Pará due to its location in equatorial region, presents climatic and epidemiologic characteristics propitious to the
maintenance of the Toxoplasma gondii in the environment. The objective of the present study is verifying the occurrence of anti-T.
gondii antibodies in Veterinary Medicine students from the Federal University of Pará and serologically following them up for three
consecutive semesters assessing their hygiene-food habits and behaviors. 51 veterinary students (22 women and 29 men)
participated on the study. All the volunteers signed an informed consent and answered an epidemiologic questionnaire. The anti-T.
gondii antibodies research was performed by indirect immunofluorescence reaction. From the 51 students 22 (43.14%) were
reactant to anti-T. gondii antibodies. The variables with strong statistical association were: the presence of cats at home (p=0.002),
cats from the neighborhood with access to the backyard (p=0.046), the consumption of water or juice of unknown provenance in the
streets (p=0.026), the consumption of raw salad in restaurants (p=0.031), and the consumption of sandwiches containing raw
vegetables in the streets (p=0.009). It can be concluded that eating food in places without hygienic standards of sanitation favors the
contamination by T. gondii.
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PAZ, Giselle Souza da et al. Seroepidemiologic profile of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in veterinary medicine students. Biota Amazônica, v. 8, n. 4, p. 33-35, 2018.xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-decsPrimary
Toxoplasmose / parasitologiaSorologia / estatística & dados numéricos
Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos / parasitologia
Serviços de Alimentação
Docentes
Comportamento Alimentar