title: Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. It is transmitted by the ingestion of contaminated water and foods, by soil contaminated with cat feces, especially while handling it, and congenitally via the placenta. The diagnosis of maternal infection is made by serological detection of either IgM or IgG antibodies. This study assessed the seropositivity in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed in 19 FHS units and included 148 childbearing women. The outcomes evaluated were IgM and IgG seropositivity and behavioral variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  IgG yielded positive results in 16% of the pregnant women, whereas IgM was positive in only 1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 1% IgM positivity rate for T. gondii indicates congenital toxoplasmosis is not common in Lages.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosiléia Marinho
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: de Quadros
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia e Doenças Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Agronomia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gino Chaves
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: da Rocha
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Getúlio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romagna
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Pellizzoni
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dadryhan Morghani
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Márcia Tietz
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M