[PDF] Top 20 Evaluation of toxoplasmosis risk factors and seroprevalence rates in the elderly

... by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, whose definitive hosts are cats and whose intermediate hosts include ...to seroprevalence rates of ...among elderly users of the ... See full document

... purchase of replacement animals (OR = 2.2) (Table 2). Commercial animal sale and replacement were significantly correlated with ...caninum seroprevalence (OR = 0.4) (Table 2). Risks of ... See full document

... provides the first report of N. caninum seroprevalence in goats in the state of Santa Catarina, ...that the N. caninum seroprevalence was around 5% ...to ... See full document

... created in several steps, as follows. Step I – For the continuous variables, a linearity test was performed using Graphs for Log ...When the visual evaluation indicated a nonlinear trend, ... See full document

... term in the epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne ...diseases. The main features of endemic stability in this context are a high level of challenge with ... See full document

... prevalence of 30%, and most animals surveyed were female (68.6%). Only two of these studies examined the seroprevalence by ...One of them (Pinto et al., 2009), held in ... See full document

... verify the determining factors in the risk of transmission of the disease, the patients answered a questionnaire about sex, age group, level of ... See full document

... that the prevalence rates observed in this and other surveys depend on several factors, including the techniques and cut-off points ...experiments in cats ... See full document

... zoonosis in relation to public health systems. Dogs are the main domestic ...occurrences of canine VL in Dias D’Ávila, State of Bahia, ...Methods: The prevalence was evaluated by ... See full document

... The lack of a water tank in the home was significantly associated with toxoplasmosis in the multivariate ...model. The residents in the municipality ... See full document

... tool in understanding risk factors for ...by the mother can be transmitted to the fetus. Infants with the most severe clinical signs in brain and eye are those ... See full document

... WAR and Wistar rats (188±5 vs 199±6 ...isolated risk factor for cardiovascular ...mmHg) and exhibited indices of sys- tolic dysfunction, such as higher ventricle end-diastolic pressure ... See full document

... implicated in onset of PSTEMI DD (OR - 2.6). In previous decades studies have shown that adult with type 2 diabetes develop DD during the course of disease (Gavard et al 1993; Lustman ... See full document

... limitation of the present study was the use of cross- sectional data to assess the ability of anthropometric measure- ments to predict CVD risk ...evidence of these ... See full document

... level, the socio‑economic condition, the systemic maladies, genetic predis‑ position represent systemic factors intervening in the occurrence and evolution of the ... See full document

... levels of T. gondii prevalence in both human (see above) and rodents (this study) are congruent with Sahe- lian climatic conditions such as very low hygrometry, soil and air temperatures as ... See full document

... organization of physical spaces of the home and their constituents, to make the house a safer environment for the ...On the other hand, even if that concern exists, ... See full document

... evident in most countries of the Americas, including ...differences in the distribution of cases, according to exposure category, have been noted in the present ... See full document

... ment of osteoarthritis depends on prompt clinical di- agnosis and identification of the infectious ...studies of type and duration of therapy of these infections ... See full document

... Brazilian and non-Brazilian scientific production that considers the relationship between the lifestyle and quality of life of the ...review of literature was ... See full document