title: [The effect of toxoplasmosis on occurrence of spontaneous abortions and anomalies in neonates in the Timok region].
abstract: ELISA was used for follow-up of protozoa Toxoplasma gondii infection in 2,778 pregnant women in the Timok region during the five-year period (1989-1993). The study included 16.66% of all pregnant women in the region. Acute infection was registered in 17 (0.61%) and chronic infection in 1.266 (45.57%). Spontaneous abortions were registered in only 12 (0.43%) tested pregnant women. In relation to the total number of spontaneous abortions (865) in all pregnant women in the region spontaneous abortions in the studied group occurred in only 1.38% of cases. Anomalies in newborns were registered in a total of 3 (0.11%) cases. In relation to the total number of anomalies in newborns (194) from all deliveries in the region, the number of anomalies in newborn in the studied group was only 1.54%. Toxoplasma gondii infection did not significantly affect the frequency of spontaneous abortions and anomalies in newborns of the Timok region during five-year period.
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authors.lastname: Stojanović
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Uticaj toksoplazmoze na ucestalost spontanih pobacaja i anomalija novorodjencadi na teritoriji Timockog regiona.