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Amebic infections in asymptomatic homosexual men, lack of evidence of invasive disease.

Author(s) -

Frank Sorvillo,

Marc A. Strassburg,

Judith A. Seidel,

Govinda S. Visvesvara,

Kunio Mori,

A.S. Todd,

Lawrence Portigal,

Mary Beth Finn,

Bettya . Agee

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.76.9.1137

Subject(s) - entamoeba histolytica , asymptomatic , medicine , disease , giardia lamblia , titer , immunology , pathology , antibody

A survey for enteric infections in 140 asymptomatic homosexual men who attended a community clinic revealed a high prevalence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica (27.1 per cent) and Giardia lamblia (15.7 per cent). In contrast, the prevalence of elevated indirect hemagglutination (IHA) titers (greater than or equal to 1:128), which indicate invasive amebiasis, was low (5.7 per cent). Our findings suggest that only a limited amount of invasive amebic disease is occurring in this group of homosexual men.

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