Ghanaian Hospital Survey Finds High Toxoplasma Infection Rates Among HIV

A cross-sectional survey of 207 adult patients living with HIV at Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana’s Volta Region found a high Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence of 72.5%. Researchers aimed to measure regional antibody positivity and identify risk factors, noting a lack of prior epidemiological data for HIV patients in Ho. Of those tested, 133 people (64.3%) had IgG antibodies only, indicating past exposure, while one participant (0.5%) tested IgM only, suggesting possible acute infection. Sixteen patients (7.7%) were positive for both IgG and IgM. Overall, 150 patients showed reactive serological markers, meaning nearly three-quarters had immunological evidence of exposure. The article frames toxoplasmosis as a zoonotic parasite threat that becomes severe for immunocompromised people and notes global HIV–Toxoplasma co-infection estimates concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.