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SEROPREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN INDIGENEOUS BRAZLIAN POPULATIONS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Imunologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Imunologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in indigenous Brazilian tribes with different degrees of acculturation
was studied in the Enawenê-Nawê, an isolated tribe, in the state of Mato Grosso, the Waiãpi, with intermittent
non-Indian contacts, in the state of Amapá, and the Tiriyó, with constant non-Indian contacts, in the state of Pará. An
IgG−enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IgG-ELISA) or an IgG/IgM−indirect immunofluorescence antibody (IFA)
assay were performed for the detection of antibodies to T. gondii in 2000−2001. Both assays showed that the Tiriyó had
the lowest crude seroprevalence (55.6%), the Enawenê-Nawê the highest crude seroprevalence (80.4%), and the Waiãpi
an intermediate crude seroprevalence (59.6%). The age-adjusted prevalence (95% confidence intervals) values for the
Tiriyó, Enawenê-Nawê, and Waiãpi were 57.3% (53.4, 61.1%), 78.8% (72.2, 85.7%), and 57.7% (52.5, 62.9%), respectively.
Contact with non-Indians probably did not influence the prevalence of the infection. However, differential contact
with soil-harboring oocysts from wild felines may be responsible for the various seroprevalences in the different tribes.
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