Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in two reference centers in a city in Northeast Brazil

Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia : revista da Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Joseneide Teixeira CâmaraAna Maria de Castro

Abstract

To determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis and to identify the main factors associated with seroreactivity in pregnant women cared for at two reference centers in a city in Northeast Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 561 pregnant women at two high-risk prenatal reference centers in a city in Northeast Brazil. All women were interviewed using an epidemiological questionnaire and had their blood samples collected for the following serological tests: anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM (ELISA), IgG avidity test, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS version 18.0 for Windows, calculating odds ratio, confidence interval of 95% and with the level of significance set at 5%. Seroreactivity for toxoplasmosis was detected in 437 women (77.0%), susceptibility in 124 (22.1%) and active infection in 5 (0.9%). There was no significant association between seroreactivity for toxoplasmosis and age, location, income, education, availability of sewage, number of pregnancies or gestational age. The variables significantly associated (p≤0.05) with seroreactivity were multiparity (p=0.03) and living with stray dogs (p=0.01). This study identified high seroreactivity for toxoplasmosis amo...Continue Reading

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Mar 4, 2017·Cytokine·Thádia Evelyn de AraújoUNKNOWN UFMG Congenital Toxoplasmosis Brazilian Group – UFMG-CTBG
Mar 8, 2018·Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical·Juliana Boaventura AvelarAna Maria de Castro
Jun 21, 2017·Pathogens·Zulmirene Cardoso FonsecaMariza Martins Avelino
Jun 27, 2019·Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo·Heloisa Ribeiro StorchiloAna Maria de Castro
Dec 5, 2019·Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical·Gabriela Mota Sena de OliveiraAlexandre Dias Munhoz
Oct 3, 2019·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Ivone Pereira da Silva MouraCléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara
Dec 7, 2020·Journal of Tropical Pediatrics·Raquel Aitken Soares MuellerCristina Barroso Hofer

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