Toxoplasma Antibodies among College Students

Abstract

ONE of the recognized clinical forms of acute toxoplasmosis is a syndrome resembling infectious mononucleosis.1 , 2 The condition may be differentiated by the presence of pharyngitis and positive heterophil-antibody titers in the latter and by positive toxoplasma serologic findings in the former. In the absence of heterophil antibodies, the demonstration of rising titers by the dye test, hemagglutination (HA) or complement fixation may be accepted as evidence of toxoplasmosis. Isolation of toxoplasma from blood or lymph nodes can confirm the serologic diagnosis. However, in some cases, levels of toxoplasma antibody may already be relatively high and stable when the patient presents . . .