[Toxoplasmosis-antibody seroprevalence in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to get a general idea of the antibody prevalence of toxoplasmosis within the different agegroups of the population of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. 4854 serums (collected between 1994 and 1996) from different institutions of the federal state were investigated with the "Toxo-Competitions Test LTXC)" at the Mini-Vidas divice (bio Merieux).


METHODS
An antibody prevalence rate of 59% was found. As expected, with rising age a continuing increase was recognisable. The antibody prevalence rate with the male test persons amounted to 58.5%, with the female test persons to 59.3%, and within the pregnant women 63.2%.


RESULTS
Therefore 36.8% of pregnant women have got no toxoplasmosis antibodies, i.e. they are exposed to the danger of a primary infection. Within pregnant women aged between 20 and 40 an increase of antibody prevalence of 1% per year of age was recognisable. There was only a small share of pregnant women (10.5%), but they confirm the facts known from literature.


CONCLUSIONS
More than 1/3 of our test persons hadn't had toxoplasmosis antibodies. Therefore in order to reduce the danger of a primary infection in pregnant women a screening before pregnancy in recommendable.
Landeshygieneinstitut Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sitz Rostock.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012424:Rural Population; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014505:Urban Population
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan
Toxoplasmose-Durchseuchungsstudie in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.