title: [Survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Jiangsu Province, China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the situation of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Jiangsu Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  The pregnant women from 7 cities in Jiangsu Province were involved in this survey and the information was recorded according to the request of unified admission information of the case questionnaire of toxoplasmosis in Jiangsu Province. The specific antibodies IgM and IgG to Toxoplasma gondii in sera of these pregnant women were tested by ELISA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The specific antibody IgM to Toxoplasma gondii of all the respondents was negative. The positive rate of IgG was 3.98% (43/1 081), which was little different from the control group's 2.27% (4/176), and every city shared a similar positive rate. The positive rate of IgG of early pregnant women was 3.78%, which was also not obviously different from the 4.17% appearing in mid and late pregnant women. The respondents who previously had pathological abortions did not show positive IgG. Only 1.84% (8/435) of pregnant women had had the examinations related to Toxoplasma gondii before this survey.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rate of Toxoplasma gondii infection is low among pregnant women in Jiangsu Province. The situations in different areas are not far from each other. We should enhance the peri-conception tests of Toxoplasma gondii and take prevention and treatment countermeasures based on corresponding objects, and also further strengthen the healthy education.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yi-Xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Mei-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yue-E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Gui-Sheng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Bo-Chao
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jia-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G