ASSOCIATION OF CATS AND TOXOPLASMOSIS1
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 111 (2) , 238-246
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112891
Abstract
In 1970, immunofluorescent toxoplasma dye titers were measured on 265 individuals aged 30 years and older from Washington County, Maryland. Characteristics of the individuals were determined from a private census conducted in this area in 1963. Titers at 1:16 dilution or higher were found in 38.5%. A strong positive association was found with increasing age, possession of farm animals, and residence in an older house; a strong negative association was found with possession of cats. These data are not consis tent with laboratory evidence that cats are definitive hosts and disseminators of toxoplasma.Keywords
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