Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and risk factors in pregnant women followed up by the Family Health Strategy.
| Autor: | de Quadros RM; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil., da Rocha GC; Laboratório de Parasitologia e Doenças Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Agronomia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil., Romagna G; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil., de Oliveira JP; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Ribeiro DM; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil., Marques SM; Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2015 May-Jun; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 338-42. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0233-2014 |
| Abstrakt: | 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. Methods: The study was performed in 19 FHS units and included 148 childbearing women. The outcomes evaluated were IgM and IgG seropositivity and behavioral variables. Results: IgG yielded positive results in 16% of the pregnant women, whereas IgM was positive in only 1%. Conclusions: The 1% IgM positivity rate for T. gondii indicates congenital toxoplasmosis is not common in Lages. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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