Investigation on Toxoplasma gondii infection and awareness of toxoplasmosis-related knowledge in women with poor pregnant outcomes in Wuxi City

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Fan YunShen Min-Yuan

Abstract

To investigate the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and awareness of toxoplasmosis-related knowledge among women with poor pregnant outcomes in Wuxi City. A total of 217 women with poor pregnant outcomes from Wuxi City during the period of January 2011 to December 2015 were randomly selected as the study subjects (a study group), while 250 women with normal pregnancy were served as controls (a control group). The sero-prevalence of T. gondii infection was detected by using ELISA and compared between the study and control groups. The awareness of toxoplasmosis-related knowledge was investigated by using a self-designed questionnaire and compared between the study and control groups. The positive rate of anti-Toxoplasma antibody was 30.88% in the study group, which was significantly higher than that (8.8%) in the control group (χ2 = 36.7, P < 0.01). The positive rates of anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies were 20.74% and 10.14% in the study group respectively, which were significantly higher than those (6% and 2.8%) in the control group (χ2 = 22.53 and 10.74, both P values < 0.01). In addition, the positive rates of anti-Toxoplasma, anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies were significantly higher in the women with mi...Continue Reading

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