Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil
Document title: Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000282654
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1
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5
Institutions: 1Secretaria da Saude, Fundacao Estadual de Producao e Pesquisa, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Farmacia, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
3Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
4Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
5Hospital da Crianca Santo Antonio, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 38
Number: 2
Pages: 173-177
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract 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
Portuguese abstract Screening sorológico e avaliação de fatores de risco para a transmissão de Toxoplasma gondii foi conduzido em 2.126 gestantes no sul do Brasil. Entre as gestantes avaliadas, 74,5% (n=1.583) mostraram anticorpos específicos contra Toxoplasma gondii. O contato com o solo foi o maior fator associado à infecção
Disciplines: Biología,
Medicina
Keyword: Parasitología,
Ginecología y obstetricia,
Salud pública,
Brasil,
Toxoplasmosis congénita,
Factores de riesgo,
Embarazo,
Epidemiología,
Toxoplasma gondii
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Parasitology,
Gynecology and obstetrics,
Public health,
Risk factors,
Pregnancy,
Congenital toxoplasmosis,
Brazil,
Epidemiology,
Toxoplasma gondii
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