[Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and neonatal infants].
A serological screening among pregnant females for toxoplasmosis in the Belgorod Region has shown a rise in the incidence of this infection in them during seven years (1996-2002). There is also a more than 2-fold increase in the rate of Toxoplasma infection by the second trimester. This increases a risk for fetal congenital malformations and the severity of neonatal congenital malformations. Different awareness levels are shown in fertile-age females from different administrative areas of the region.
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan