title: Status of toxoplasma antibodies in recurrent fetal loss in U.A.E. women.
abstract: A retrospective analysis to determine the status of toxoplasma (IgG & IgM) antibodies in UAE women with recurrent fetal loss was done using immunofluorescence assay. Two thousand three hundred and fourty three patients with one or more fetal loss were studied over a period of five years. In patients with fetal loss, the range of toxoplasma IgG seropositivity varied from 24.2-30.6%. There were 3 patients with IgM positive. Only in a single patient one of her two abortions could be attributed to acute toxoplasmosis. Habitual fetal loss cannot be attributed to chronic toxoplasmosis. Also, 67.2% of the women of child bearing age group in U.A.E were found to be seronegative, highlighting the need for routine antenatal screening to detect primary acute toxoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Dubai Hospital, U.A.E.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D014479:United Arab Emirates
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M