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Sensitivity of Lebanese and Syrians to Toxoplasmin and to a Similar Antigen Prepared from Leishmania Tropica
Kamal Abou Daoud
Kamal Abou Daoud
Department of Tropical Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Calvin W. Schwabe
Calvin W. Schwabe
Department of Tropical Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Summary
- 1. Fifty-seven per cent of 129 Lebanese and Syrians tested with toxoplasmin gave positive reactions. Sixty-five per cent of the Syrians and 46 per cent of the Lebanese were positive. Seventy per cent of Moslems tested were toxoplasmin-positive as compared to 55 per cent of Christians.
- 2. Of 51 individuals with leishmanial scars, 46 gave positive skin reactions to a toxoplasminlike antigen prepared from Leishmania tropica. Nine individuals without leishmanial scars were also positive to the leishmanial antigen.
- 3. There appeared to be no cross-sensitization to skin test antigens prepared from Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania tropica.
- 4. Presently available information concerning the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis and leishmaniases in Lebanon and Syria is briefly discussed with particular regard to recent observations.
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