[Toxoplasmosis and rubella in Moroccan women. Results of a serological survey].
A prospective sero-immunological enquiry of the rubella and toxoplasmosis immune status of 200 pregnant women in Casablanca (Morocco) revealed that 66,5% are immune to rubella and 51,5% are immune to toxoplasmosis. A study of the relation between the immune status and age shows that serum conversion takes place most frequently between the ages of 21 and 25. 7 women had high levels of anti-toxoplasmosis antibodies. The authors compare their results with those obtained in other regions of Morocco and in other countries. They also present a range of epidemiological and technical correlations. They conclude that the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis and rubella must be integrated into a national programme of mother-and-child protection, notably by means of obligatory prenatal serological tests and the continued monitoring of those women who are not immune.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012409:Rubella / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
La toxoplasmose et la rubéole chez la femme marocaine. Résultats d'une enquête sérologique.