弓形体感染与大学生体育成绩的潜在关联。
Potential linkage between Toxoplasma gondii infection and physical education scores of college students.
机构信息
Department of Physical Education of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, P. R China.
Department of Physical Education, College of Humanistic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R China.
出版信息
PLoS One. 2021 Mar 3;16(3):e0241653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241653. eCollection 2021.
OBJECTIVE
Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide protozoan parasite that could infect virtually all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of T. gondii infection in college students at Anhui province, China and to assess risk factors for T. gondii infection in college students. Moreover, growing studies demonstrated the association between T. gondii infection and host behavioral changes. We also studied the linkage between T. gondii and physical education (PE) scores of college students.
METHODS
A total of 2704 serum samples of medical school students attending physical education lessons were collected from September 2017 to September 2019 and evaluated for T. gondii IgG antibodies using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Questionnaires and statistical analysis were used to determine the risk factors for T. gondii infection. We also analysed PE scores of T. gondii -infected students and T. gondii-uninfected students.
RESULTS
The overall seroprevalence of T. gondii was 11.5%. The main risk factors related to T. gondii infection in college students were cat in the household and gardening or agriculture activity. Furthermore, in the basketball group and the soccer group, scores of T. gondii seropositive students were significantly higher than those of seronegative students, while in other sports there was no difference between scores of T. gondii-infected students and T. gondii uninfected students.
CONCLUSION
This is the first report of T. gondii seroprevalence in college students in Anhui province, China.
目的
刚地弓形虫是一种世界性的原生动物寄生虫，几乎可以感染所有温血动物，包括人类。我们的研究旨在调查中国安徽省大学生弓形虫感染的流行情况，并评估大学生弓形虫感染的危险因素。此外，越来越多的研究表明弓形虫感染与宿主行为变化之间存在关联。我们还研究了弓形虫与大学生体育课（PE）成绩之间的联系。
方法
2017 年 9 月至 2019 年 9 月，共采集了 2704 名参加体育课的医学院学生的血清样本，采用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）检测弓形虫 IgG 抗体。通过问卷调查和统计分析来确定弓形虫感染的危险因素。我们还分析了弓形虫感染学生和未感染学生的体育课成绩。
结果
弓形虫总血清阳性率为 11.5%。与大学生弓形虫感染相关的主要危险因素是家庭养猫和园艺或农业活动。此外，在篮球组和足球组中，弓形虫血清阳性学生的成绩明显高于血清阴性学生，而在其他运动项目中，弓形虫感染学生和未感染学生的成绩没有差异。
结论
这是中国安徽省大学生弓形虫血清流行率的首次报告。
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