Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy
INTRODUCTION : 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 s...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2466e14be1d94e64939895713a694fa4 2023-05-15T15:03:16+02:00 Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros Gino Chaves da Rocha Getúlio Romagna Juliana Pellizzoni de Oliveira Dadryhan Morghani Ribeiro Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0233-2014 https://doaj.org/article/2466e14be1d94e64939895713a694fa4 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000300338&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0233-2014 https://doaj.org/article/2466e14be1d94e64939895713a694fa4 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 338-342 (2015) Toxoplasmosis Pregnant women Epidemiology Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0233-2014 2022-12-30T23:10:30Z INTRODUCTION : 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 48 3 338 342 |
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INTRODUCTION : 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. |
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Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros Gino Chaves da Rocha Getúlio Romagna Juliana Pellizzoni de Oliveira Dadryhan Morghani Ribeiro Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques |
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Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros Gino Chaves da Rocha Getúlio Romagna Juliana Pellizzoni de Oliveira Dadryhan Morghani Ribeiro Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques |
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Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy |
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Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy |
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