Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women of the Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco
Autor: | Younes El Jahiri, El Mostafa Miss, Jamaleddine Hafid, Abdelaziz Adel, Nabila Soraa, Mostafa Mriouch, Redouan Moutaj, Salma Berrouch, Yassine Amraouza, Abdelkrim Benbouzid, Laila Zoughari, Laila Hoummadi |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Antibodies Protozoan Seroprevalence Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Parasitic infection Serology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Hygiene Environmental health parasitic diseases Prevalence Humans Medicine Eating habits Retrospective Studies media_common Marrakech-Safi region biology business.industry Toxoplasma gondii Articles General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Toxoplasmosis Morocco Cross-Sectional Studies Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulin G Pregnancy Complications Parasitic Cohort Female Pregnant Women business Toxoplasma |
Zdroj: | African Health Sciences |
ISSN: | 1680-6905 |
Popis: | Background: Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by an intracellular protozoan named Toxoplasma gondii. Its prevalence had been investigated in several studies throughout the world showing that it varied from one country to another. In contrast, few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, hence the objective of this work, which is the determination of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi. Methods: The serological results of a cohort of 5692 patients were reviewed retrospectively. Those patients had been into dif- ferent public and private medical laboratories in the region of Marrakech-Safi for a toxoplasmosis serology, requested between the 1st January, 2014 and 31st December, 2016. According to each laboratory, the techniques adopted for this serology were ELISA (ELFA, MEIA, EIA) and CMIA. Results: The results showed that for pregnant women, the overall seroprevalence in the study region were 28.88%. Conclusion: The variation of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence is related not only to climatic factors but also to lifestyle, eating habits, socio-economic status and hygiene conditions. In this study, we noticed that in Morocco, as in other countries, pregnant women encounter several difficulties when serologic screening for toxoplasmosis. Keywords: Seroprevalence; toxoplasmosis; pregnant women; Marrakech-Safi region. |
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