Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil
Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be th...
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| author | Silvia Maria Spalding Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira Carlos Henrique Klein Luis Carlos Ribeiro |
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| description | Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection. |
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| spelling | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5a1e7f73f35c4122a7f58322ee7ef8d0 2025-01-16T20:26:44+00:00 Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil Silvia Maria Spalding Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira Carlos Henrique Klein Luis Carlos Ribeiro 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/5a1e7f73f35c4122a7f58322ee7ef8d0 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200009&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/5a1e7f73f35c4122a7f58322ee7ef8d0 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 173-177 (2005) Congenital toxoplasmosis Exposure factor Pregnant women Epidemiology South Brazil Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2005 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T02:47:42Z Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
| spellingShingle | Congenital toxoplasmosis Exposure factor Pregnant women Epidemiology South Brazil Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Silvia Maria Spalding Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira Carlos Henrique Klein Luis Carlos Ribeiro Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title | Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title_full | Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title_short | Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil |
| title_sort | serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in south of brazil |
| topic | Congenital toxoplasmosis Exposure factor Pregnant women Epidemiology South Brazil Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 |
| topic_facet | Congenital toxoplasmosis Exposure factor Pregnant women Epidemiology South Brazil Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 |
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