[Toxoplasmosis in the African tropical zone. Preliminary studies]

Toxoplasmosis in Tropical African area was not subject to many publications but the results indicate that toxoplasmosis may influence the health of the populations. We present prevalence studies carried out in the Central African Republic, Mali, Niger, Burkina-Faso, Togo to find toxoplasma-antibodies by Agglutination of Latex. For adults the lower percentage was found in the North Central African Republic villages (40%) and the higher in Mali (nearly 70%). These high percentages justify a larger epidemiological study in Tropical Africa.