SEROPRAVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN CERTAIN REGION IN BAGHDAD | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Assma Ahmad Hatam; Yahiya Kasem Hussein; Salwa Suber Mushin | ||
| Abstract | ||
| mals. Symptomatic disease is usually uncommon and most of the infections are asymptomatic. The aim of the study was carried out to investigate the epidemiology and associated toxoplasmosis predisposing risk factors in certain regions in Baghdad city. A total of 850 serum samples were examined for detection of specific Toxoplasma gondii IgG , IgM antibodies by Latex, and the Toxo –latex ve+( 520) samples examined by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on predisposing risk factors for toxoplasmosis from each patient .Data was analyzed on SPSS. In order to check for statistical differences,. The results indicated that 48.57% (170 out of 350) of the women's sera had anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies. However, there is statistically significant differences were observed between age group, the peak seropralvance was detected in the 20-29 year- old age group .Totally280 ( 67.30 % )of (350) pregnant women were found to positive for T .gondii IgG(60.71%) and IgM & IgG(39.28%) antibodies respectively . Risk factors showed that T. gondii was positively correlated with eating raw food or under-cooked meat, potable water sources , a history of abortion ,contact with cats and chickens . Therefore, health education especially in women who are going to marry and also during pregnancy is necessary during antenatal visits. | ||
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