The role of toxoplasmosis in congenital disease in Malaysia.
Toxoplasmosis was found not to be an important cause of intrauterine infection in Malaysia as the rate of toxoplasma-specific IgM in 1,060 congenitally defective Malaysian children, 0 to 4 months old (0.4%) was lower than that in 405 normal children of the same age group (2.0%). A total of 8.2 intra-uterine toxoplasmic infections per 1,000 live births was detected of which one-third (2.7 per 1,000 live births) was overt, manifesting symptoms more of liver damage, than eye or brain damage. A comparison was made with the rates in U.S.A. and Europe. The role of toxoplasmosis in abortion needs to be studied.
D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000209:etiology; D008296:Malaysia; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
D007075:Immunoglobulin M