title: [Investigation on pregnancy outcomes and risk factors in pregnant women infected with Toxoplasma gondii].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the pregnancy outcomes and risk factors in pregnant women infected with Toxoplasma gondii.
  
  
  METHODS
  Toxoplasma IgM and IgG antibodies in sera from 2 740 cases of pregnant women were detected by using enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in Zhuozhou Municipal Maternal and Child Health Care Center from 2010 to 2013, and the pregnancy outcomes were followed up. The risk factors for Toxoplasma infection were investigated with questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 2 740 cases of pregnant women, 195 cases were found with antibodies to T. gondii (7.12%), and among them, 44 cases were IgM positive (22.56%), and 151 cases were IgG positive (77.44%). There were 41 cases with adverse pregnancy outcomes among the 195 cases (21.02%), including 32 cases of IgM positive (78.05%) and 9 cases of IgG positive (21.95%). There were 6 cases of adverse pregnancy outcomes in uninfected pregnant women (2.86%). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The close contact with animals, eating raw meat, eating chafing dish or barbeque, and eating raw meat stuffing were important risk factors in pregnant women infected with T. gondii (compared with the uninfected group, P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Toxoplasma infection may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, therefore, to develop good habits of life and health is an effective way to avoid adverse pregnancy outcomes.
authors: Yan-ping
authors: YP
authors: Zhang
authors: Ren-hao
authors: RH
authors: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000502:physiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult