High prevalence of anti-toxoplasma antibodies and absence of Toxoplasma gondii infection risk factors among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in two Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Zendy

Woyneshet Gelaye | Zendy; Tadesse Kebede | Zendy; Asrat Hailu | Zendy

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High prevalence of anti-toxoplasma antibodies and absence of Toxoplasma gondii infection risk factors among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in two Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Author(s) -

Woyneshet Gelaye,

Tadesse Kebede,

Asrat Hailu

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.03.005

Subject(s) - toxoplasma gondii , seroprevalence , toxoplasmosis , medicine , latex fixation test , obstetrics , abortion , pregnancy , direct agglutination test , environmental health , antibody , serology , immunology , biology , genetics

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It is acquired mainly by eating raw or undercooked meat containing Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst, eating food or water contaminated with oocyst, and acquiring congenital infection through the placenta. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis and assess possible risk factors associated with the infection among pregnant women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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