Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil.
Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection.
Spalding
Silvia Maria
SM
Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas, Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde da Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. spalding@farmacia.ufrgs.br <spalding@farmacia.ufrgs.br>
Amendoeira
Maria Regina Reis
MR
Klein
Carlos Henrique
CH
Ribeiro
Luis Carlos
LC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G