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Rubicz R, Leach CT, Kraig E, et al. Seroprevalence of 13 common pathogens in a rapidly growing U.S. minority population: Mexican Americans from San Antonio, TX. BMC Res Notes. 2011;4:433doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-433.
Rubicz, R., Leach, C. T., Kraig, E., Dhurandhar, N. V., Grubbs, B., Blangero, J., Yolken, R., & Göring, H. H. (2011). Seroprevalence of 13 common pathogens in a rapidly growing U.S. minority population: Mexican Americans from San Antonio, TX. BMC research notes, 4433. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-433
Rubicz, Rohina, et al. "Seroprevalence of 13 common pathogens in a rapidly growing U.S. minority population: Mexican Americans from San Antonio, TX." BMC research notes vol. 4 (2011): 433. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-433
Rubicz R, Leach CT, Kraig E, Dhurandhar NV, Grubbs B, Blangero J, Yolken R, Göring HH. Seroprevalence of 13 common pathogens in a rapidly growing U.S. minority population: Mexican Americans from San Antonio, TX. BMC Res Notes. 2011 Oct 21;4:433. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-433. PMID: 22018212; PMCID: PMC3214184.
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BMC Res Notes. 2011 Oct 21;4:433. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-433.

Seroprevalence of 13 common pathogens in a rapidly growing U.S. minority population: Mexican Americans from San Antonio, TX.

BMC research notes

Rohina Rubicz, Charles T Leach, Ellen Kraig, Nikhil V Dhurandhar, Barry Grubbs, John Blangero, Robert Yolken, Harald Hh Göring

Affiliations

  1. Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, PO Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245-0549, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 22018212 PMCID: PMC3214184 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-433

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Infection risks vary among individuals and between populations. Here we present information on the seroprevalence of 13 common infectious agents in a San Antonio-based sample of Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans represent the largest and most rapidly growing minority population in the U.S., and they are also considered a health disparities population.

METHODS: We analyzed 1227 individuals for antibody titer to Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, Toxoplasma gondii, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes simplex virus-1, herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), varicella zoster virus (VZV), adenovirus-36, hepatitis A virus, and influenza A and B. Seroprevalence was examined as a function of sex, age, household income, and education.

RESULTS: Seroprevalence estimates ranged from 9% for T. gondii to 92% for VZV, and were similar in both sexes except for HSV-2, which was more prevalent in women. Many pathogens exhibited a significant seroprevalence change over the examined age range (15-94 years), with 7 pathogens increasing and HHV-6 decreasing with age. Socioeconomic status significantly correlated with serostatus for some pathogens.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate substantial seroprevalence rates of these common infections in this sample of Mexican Americans from San Antonio, Texas that suffers from high rates of chronic diseases including obesity and type-2 diabetes.

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