Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Research

Human Trypanosoma cruzi Infection and Seropositivity in Dogs, Mexico

Jose G. Estrada-Franco*1, Vandanajay Bhatia*1, Hector Diaz-Albiter†, Laucel Ochoa-Garcia†, Alberto Barbabosa‡, Juan C. Vazquez-Chagoyan‡, Miguel A. Martinez-Perez‡, Carmen Guzman-Bracho§, and Nisha Garg*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA; †Instituto de Salud del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico; ‡Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico; §Instituto de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico

Main Article

Table 1

Prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in persons in southern area of the State of Mexico*†

No. positive test results‡ Total screened
 Tejupilco
 Temascaltepec
No. (%) % of population No. (%) % of population No. (%) % of population
0 321 (90.1) 268 (91.5) 55 (87.31)
1 22 (6.2) 14 (4.78) 6 (9.52)
2 7 (2.0) 98.3 5 (1.7) 97.95 2 (3.17) 100
3 1 (0.28) 1 (0.35) 0
4 2 (0.56) 2 (0.68) 0
5 3 (0.85) 1.7 3 (1.02) 2.05 0 0.0
Total 356 (100) 293 (100) 63 (100)

*Samples positive in >3 tests were considered seropositive (shown in boldface).
†All except 2 participants seropositive for IgG antibodies by >2 tests were 5–18 y of age.
‡Level of agreement for serologic data for 5 tests: concordance level 98.2; κ coefficient 0.618; 95% confidence interval 0.622–0.714.

Main Article

1These authors contributed equally to this work.

Page created: January 23, 2012
Page updated: January 23, 2012
Page reviewed: January 23, 2012
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external