Risk factors for Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women in FYR of Macedonia

Parasite

and O. Djurković-Djaković¹  N. Panovski³  I. Klun¹  G. Jankovska³  B. Bobić¹  D. Cvetković² 

[1] Laboratory for Medical Parasitology, Institute for Medical Research, Serbian Centre for Parasitic Zoonoses, University of Belgrade,Serbia;PHI ADRIALAB-Synlab, Diagnostic Laboratory,Skopje,FYR of Macedonia;Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University “Sts Cyril and Methodius”,Skopje,FYR of Macedonia

关键词: Macedonia;    seroepidemiology;    risk factors;    pregnant women;    infection;    Toxoplasma gondii;   

Others  :  808316
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2010173183

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the study was to identify risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in FYR of Macedonia. Retrospective analysis of serological and epidemiological data in a series of 235 pregnant women from Macedonia, tested for Toxoplasma infection between January 2004 and December 2005, showed an overall prevalence of infection of 20.4 %. Exposure to transmission factors significantly increased the risk of infection (RR = 1.989, 95 % CI = 1.041-3.800, p = 0.037). The single infection transmission factor that was a predictor of infection in the whole series was exposure to soil (RR = 1.946, 95 % CI = 1.026-3.692, p = 0.041). Based on prevalence and the established risk factors for Toxoplasma infection in Macedonia, the health education programme as a sustainable measure for the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis should focus on educating women of generative age to avoid contact with soil (farming, gardening), and/to adhere to strict hygienic practices afterwards.

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