Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in drivers involved in road traffic accidents in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Table 4 Detection of DNA Toxoplasma gondii and antibodies in traffic accidents and controls drivers*

Sample N°. / group	REP	B1 gene	IgM ELISA	IgG ELISA	IgG WB
# 113 / Control group	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive
# 46 / Traffic accidents group	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive
# 62 / Traffic accidents group	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive

* Seventy-one samples previously positive for IgG anti-T. gondii antibodies were tested for Toxoplasma DNA in the traffic accidents and control groups. ELISA = Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, WB = western-blot, REP = repetitive sequence of Toxoplasma gondii.

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