title: Serological screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy in Slovenia.
abstract: In the period from 1981 to 1994, serological screening for toxoplasmosis was carried out in 20,953 pregnant women in Slovenia. Seropositivity among pregnant women was found to have decreased from 52% in the 1980s to 37% in the recent period, 1991-94, while during the same period the incidence of suspected primary infections acquired in pregnancy rose from 0.33% to 0.75%. These latest figures ought to promote an informed debate on the possible need for obligatory serological screening of pregnant women in Slovenia for toxoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Logar
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Novak-Antolic
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012698:Serologic Tests; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007075:Immunoglobulin M