TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

The present study conducted a toxoplasmosis-related knowledge level survey with 400 pregnant and puerperal women attended in public health units in the municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Only 111 (27.8%) women claimed to know about the disease. Most of them (n = 289; 72.2%) had never heard abo...

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Autores principales: Millar, Patricia Riddell, de Moura, Fernanda Loureiro, Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira, de Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia, Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro, Sudré, Adriana Pittella, Leles, Daniela, Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014
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Toxoplasmosis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000500011
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author Millar, Patricia Riddell
de Moura, Fernanda Loureiro
Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira
de Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia
Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro
Sudré, Adriana Pittella
Leles, Daniela
Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis
author_facet Millar, Patricia Riddell
de Moura, Fernanda Loureiro
Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira
de Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia
Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro
Sudré, Adriana Pittella
Leles, Daniela
Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis
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description The present study conducted a toxoplasmosis-related knowledge level survey with 400 pregnant and puerperal women attended in public health units in the municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Only 111 (27.8%) women claimed to know about the disease. Most of them (n = 289; 72.2%) had never heard about toxoplasmosis nor knew how to prevent the infection by Toxoplasma gondii. A significant difference (p = 0.013) regarding the presence of anti-T. gondii IgG was observed between women who claimed to know about the disease and those who had never heard about it. These results highlight the importance of a systematic serological screening process for toxoplasmosis, as well as the importance of primary prevention by accurate information during prenatal care, an important Public Health action to be implemented.
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spelling pubmed-41721162014-10-08 TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Millar, Patricia Riddell de Moura, Fernanda Loureiro Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira de Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro Sudré, Adriana Pittella Leles, Daniela Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Toxoplasmosis The present study conducted a toxoplasmosis-related knowledge level survey with 400 pregnant and puerperal women attended in public health units in the municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Only 111 (27.8%) women claimed to know about the disease. Most of them (n = 289; 72.2%) had never heard about toxoplasmosis nor knew how to prevent the infection by Toxoplasma gondii. A significant difference (p = 0.013) regarding the presence of anti-T. gondii IgG was observed between women who claimed to know about the disease and those who had never heard about it. These results highlight the importance of a systematic serological screening process for toxoplasmosis, as well as the importance of primary prevention by accurate information during prenatal care, an important Public Health action to be implemented. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4172116/ /pubmed/25229225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000500011 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Toxoplasmosis
Millar, Patricia Riddell
de Moura, Fernanda Loureiro
Bastos, Otílio Machado Pereira
de Mattos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia
Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro
Sudré, Adriana Pittella
Leles, Daniela
Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis
TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title_full TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title_fullStr TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title_full_unstemmed TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title_short TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
title_sort toxoplasmosis-related knowledge among pregnant and postpartum women attended in public health units in niterói, rio de janeiro, brazil
topic Toxoplasmosis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000500011
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