[Potential risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in cases with recently acquired toxoplasmosis].
Investigation of potential risk factors for T. gondii infection was performed in 31 cases with a recently acquired toxoplasmosis in comparison with 34 seronegative patients as a control group. Epidemiological study was performed according to a questionnaire elaborated by European Research Network on Congenital Toxoplasmosis. Essential risk factors for toxoplasmosis in examined population were: consumption of raw pork (p < 0.00001), raw meat tasting during meal preparation (p < 0.00001), eating salami (p = 0.03), professional contact with meat (p = 0.02) and drinking milk (p = 0.02) or untreated water (p = 0.01). In seronegative controls more common were university education (p = 0.001), washing hands after handling raw meat (p = 0.04) and washing fruit and vegetables (p = 0.03).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*