Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Rocha, Gino Chaves da¹  Romagna, Getúlio¹  Marques, Sandra Márcia Tietz¹  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil¹  Oliveira, Juliana Pellizzoni de¹  Quadros, Rosiléia Marinho de¹  Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil¹  Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Brazil¹  Ribeiro, Dadryhan Morghani¹ 

关键词: Toxoplasmosis;    Pregnant women;    Epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0233-2014

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

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.

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