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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018

Toxoplasmosis is an important worldwide zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasitic infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent people. However, if the infection occurs in pregnant women, it can have serious consequences for the foetus. In this study, we evalua...

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Autores principales: Mihu, Alin Gabriel, Balta, Cornel, Marti, Daniela Teodora, Paduraru, Ana Alexandra, Lupu, Maria Alina, Olariu, Tudor Rares
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020057
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author Mihu, Alin Gabriel
Balta, Cornel
Marti, Daniela Teodora
Paduraru, Ana Alexandra
Lupu, Maria Alina
Olariu, Tudor Rares
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Balta, Cornel
Marti, Daniela Teodora
Paduraru, Ana Alexandra
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description Toxoplasmosis is an important worldwide zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasitic infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent people. However, if the infection occurs in pregnant women, it can have serious consequences for the foetus. In this study, we evaluated the seroprevalence of T. gondii in women of childbearing age in Arad County, Western Romania. Serum samples from 2626 women were analysed using a Siemens ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay System. Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies were demonstrated in 1081 women (41%) and prevalence tended to increase with age, from 32% in women aged 15–19 years to 62% in women aged 40–45 years. There was a higher prevalence in rural areas (46%) than in urban areas (36%). This study provides new data on T. gondii seroprevalence in women of childbearing age from Western Romania.
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spelling pubmed-76694532020-11-18 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018 Mihu, Alin Gabriel Balta, Cornel Marti, Daniela Teodora Paduraru, Ana Alexandra Lupu, Maria Alina Olariu, Tudor Rares Parasite Short Note Toxoplasmosis is an important worldwide zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasitic infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent people. However, if the infection occurs in pregnant women, it can have serious consequences for the foetus. In this study, we evaluated the seroprevalence of T. gondii in women of childbearing age in Arad County, Western Romania. Serum samples from 2626 women were analysed using a Siemens ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay System. Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies were demonstrated in 1081 women (41%) and prevalence tended to increase with age, from 32% in women aged 15–19 years to 62% in women aged 40–45 years. There was a higher prevalence in rural areas (46%) than in urban areas (36%). This study provides new data on T. gondii seroprevalence in women of childbearing age from Western Romania. EDP Sciences 2020-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7669453/ /pubmed/33198884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020057 Text en © A.G. Mihu et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mihu, Alin Gabriel
Balta, Cornel
Marti, Daniela Teodora
Paduraru, Ana Alexandra
Lupu, Maria Alina
Olariu, Tudor Rares
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title_full Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title_short Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of Romania, 2016–2018
title_sort seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection among women of childbearing age in an endemic region of romania, 2016–2018
topic Short Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020057
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