PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN
NEMATOLLAHI, S., HAJIMOHAMMADI, B., ESLAMI, G., EHRAMPOUSH, M., TAFTI, A. (2022). PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN. EKB Journal Management System, 52(2), 341-348. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257707
SAHEB NEMATOLLAHI; BAHADOR HAJIMOHAMMADI; GILDA ESLAMI; MOHAMMAD HASSAN EHRAMPOUSH; AREFEH DEHGHANI TAFTI. "PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN". EKB Journal Management System, 52, 2, 2022, 341-348. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257707
NEMATOLLAHI, S., HAJIMOHAMMADI, B., ESLAMI, G., EHRAMPOUSH, M., TAFTI, A. (2022). 'PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN', EKB Journal Management System, 52(2), pp. 341-348. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257707
NEMATOLLAHI, S., HAJIMOHAMMADI, B., ESLAMI, G., EHRAMPOUSH, M., TAFTI, A. PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 52(2): 341-348. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257707

PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SOUTHWESTERN IRAN

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2022, Page 341-348  XML PDF (819.05 K)
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257707
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Authors
SAHEB NEMATOLLAHI1; BAHADOR HAJIMOHAMMADI1; GILDA ESLAMIorcid 2; MOHAMMAD HASSAN EHRAMPOUSH1; AREFEH DEHGHANI TAFTI3
1Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety
2Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine
3Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that has a worldwide prevalence. This infection
can lead to severe problems during pregnancy, including miscarriage, and fetal developmental
retardation. This study assessed the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in women of reproductive
age in Dehdasht, Iran.
Blood samples were collected from 300 women referred to Health Center between Febr-uary
and July 2020. Serum was separated and the anti-Toxoplasma IgG & IgM were assessed by using
the ELISA. Also, all women were administered a questionnaire to record demographic and risk
factors data such as age, residence, education level, marital status, contact with cats, consumption
of raw vegetables, methods of cooking meat, occupation, raw liver consumption, contact with soil,
and raw egg consumption. SPSS software v.23 and Chi-square test used for statistical analyses.
The results showed that 32/300 (10.6%) women were seropositive for anti-Toxoplasma IgG, but
negative for anti-Toxoplasma IgM. There was a significant relationship between the prevalence of
toxoplasmosis with age, accommodation, contact with cats, and methods of washing vegetables,
number of serving vegetables per day, method of cooking meat, occupation, liver consumption,
and contact with soil. There was no significant relationship between toxoplasmosis with marital
status, consumption of raw vegetables, number of servings of meat, and consumption of eggs.
Keywords
Toxoplasmosis; Risk factors; ELISA; Women of reproductive age; Iran
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