宜蘭縣南澳鄉與南投縣仁愛鄉泰雅族原住民和當地動物弓蟲抗體之血清流行病學研究

Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Among Atayal Aborigines and Local Animals in Nan-Ao District, Ilan County and Jen-Ai District, Nan-Tou County, Taiwan

10.6452/KJMS.199812.0762

范家堃(Chia-Kwung Fan)；蘇霩靄(Kua-Eyre Su)；鍾文政(Wen-Cheng Chung)；蔡裕仁(Yu-Jen Tsai)；邱弘毅(Huang-Yi Chiol)；林慶豐(Chin-Forng Lin)；蘇千田(Chien-Tien Su)；趙磐華(Pan-Hua Chao)

Seroepidemiology ； Toxoplasma gondii ； Atayal aborigines

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

14卷12期（1998 / 12 / 01）

762 - 769

繁體中文

In this study, latex agglutination test (LAT) was used to detect sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies of Atayal aborigines and local animals in Nanao district, Ilan county and Jen-ai district, Nantou county as a measure of exposure to the Toxoplasma gondii. Out of 422 Atayal aborigines and 64 different animals were tested in Nan-ao district and 82 Atayal children in Jen-ai district were also screened, the positive rates for sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies were 21.8%, 17.2% and 15.9%, respectively. In Nan-ao district, neither were the positive rates significantly different in males (22.1%) and females (21.4%), nor in humans (21.8%) and dogs (19.6%) (p＞0.05). The seroprevalence in adults (28.3%) was significantly higher than that in children (18.7%) (p＜0.05), and the highest seropositive rate (38.1%) was in the age group 50-59 years and the lowest (7.7%) was in the age group 1-9 years. In general, the age pattern of prevalence is consistent with increasing duration of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii with age. For animals, the seropositive rate in dogs (19.6%) was also significantly higher than that in wild rats (7.7%) (p＜0.05). No significant difference in seropositive rate of Atayal children was observed between Nan-ao and Jen-ai districts(p＞0.05).

In this study, latex agglutination test (LAT) was used to detect sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies of Atayal aborigines and local animals in Nanao district, Ilan county and Jen-ai district, Nantou county as a measure of exposure to the Toxoplasma gondii. Out of 422 Atayal aborigines and 64 different animals were tested in Nan-ao district and 82 Atayal children in Jen-ai district were also screened, the positive rates for sera anti-toxoplasma antibodies were 21.8%, 17.2% and 15.9%, respectively. In Nan-ao district, neither were the positive rates significantly different in males (22.1%) and females (21.4%), nor in humans (21.8%) and dogs (19.6%) (p＞0.05). The seroprevalence in adults (28.3%) was significantly higher than that in children (18.7%) (p＜0.05), and the highest seropositive rate (38.1%) was in the age group 50-59 years and the lowest (7.7%) was in the age group 1-9 years. In general, the age pattern of prevalence is consistent with increasing duration of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii with age. For animals, the seropositive rate in dogs (19.6%) was also significantly higher than that in wild rats (7.7%) (p＜0.05). No significant difference in seropositive rate of Atayal children was observed between Nan-ao and Jen-ai districts(p＞0.05).

1. 蔡裕仁(2011)。犬毛囊蟲相關性研究與臺灣地區本土性動物（羊、豬、犬、鴿）弓蟲疾病調查。臺灣大學獸醫學研究所學位論文。2011。1-87。 
2. 廖建維(2000)。台灣東部山地原住民（排灣族、布農族和阿美族）弓蟲抗體陽性率與年齡層和性別關係之探討。臺北醫學大學醫學科學研究所學位論文。2000。1-67。
3. 蔡裕仁(2000)。台灣原住民部落中居民健康與生活環境動物寄生蟲病相關性之研究。臺北醫學大學醫學科學研究所學位論文。2000。1-148。
4. 曾妤珊(2007)。他者與主體──臺灣原住民醫療健康論述之研究。臺灣師範大學台灣文化及語言文學研究所學位論文。2007。1-173。