Serological screening and toxoplasmosis exposure factors among pregnant women in South of Brazil


Autoria(s): Spalding,Silvia Maria; Amendoeira,Maria Regina Reis; Klein,Carlos Henrique; Ribeiro,Luis Carlos
Data(s)

01/04/2005

Resumo

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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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200009

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.38 n.2 2005

Palavras-Chave #Congenital toxoplasmosis #Exposure factor #Pregnant women #Epidemiology #South Brazil
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journal article