Prevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant and postpartum women attended at public healthcare facilities in the City of Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Millar, Patricia Riddell¹  Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia de¹  Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis¹  Neves, Leandro Baptista das¹  Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira¹  Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói¹  Nicolau, José Leonardo¹  Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro¹  Moura, Fernanda Loureiro de¹ 

关键词: Toxoplasma gondii;    Pregnant women;    Postpartum women;    Seroprevalence;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-1613-2013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionTo determine the prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies among pregnant and postpartum women attended within the public healthcare system in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, and to detect possible exposure factors associated with T. gondii infection in this population.

【 授权许可】

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