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Neosporosis primarily affects cattle and dogs and is not currently considered a zoonotic disease. Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis with a worldwide distribution that is asymptomatic in most cases, but when acquired during pregnancy, it can have serious consequences. The seropositivity rates determined by the indirect fluorescent antibody test for  Neospora caninum  ( N. caninum ) and  Toxoplasma gondii  ( T. gondii ) were 24.3% (49 samples) and 26.8% (54 samples), respectively. PCR positivity for  N. caninum  was observed in two samples of cord blood (1%) using the Nc5 and ITS1 gene, positivity for  T. gondii  was observed in 16 samples using the primer for the B1 gene (5.5% positivity in cord blood and 2.5% positivity in placental tissue). None of the samples showed structures characteristic of tissue cysts or inflammatory infiltrate on histopathology. Significant associations were observed only between  N. caninum  seropositivity and the presence of domestic animals (p = 0.039) and presence of dogs (p = 0.038) and between  T. gondii  seropositivity and basic sanitation (p = 0.04). This study obtained important findings regarding the seroprevalence and molecular detection of  N. caninum  and  T. gondii  in pregnant women; however, more studies are necessary to establish a correlation between risk factors and infection.

Serological and molecular detection of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in human umbilical cord blood and placental tissue samples