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| | | Article Name : | | | Seroprevalnce of Toxoplasmosis among Sudanese Pregnant women attending maternal centers in Sudan in 2021 | | Author Name : | | | Ammar A Abdelmola, Elameen Abd Alkareem, Aymen M Madkhali, Mohamed Elfatih Abdelwadoud | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Background. Toxoplasma gondii protozoon is widely distributed around the world and can infect all mammals and birds. While acquired toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic in healthy subjects, acute infection during pregnancy may lead to abortion, stillbirth, fetal neurological and ocular damages.it is necessary to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and the actual risk of T. gondii transmission during pregnancy in a certain area.
Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out between April 2015 and October 2016 involving 200 pregnant women attending antenatal care at selected health centers to determine prevalence of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women using PCR.
Result: Residence shows marked significance with a p value of 0.0003 (p value >0.05). 16 (9.20%) of the pregnant women who tested positive for toxoplasmosis live in Urban areas while 10 (38.50%) females live in rural areas, while the majority of the remaining 174 participants who tested negative for toxoplasmosis live mostly in urban areas 158 (90.8%) and only 16 (61.50%) live in rural parts of Sudan.
Conclusion: Residence is a high-risk factor for infection with toxoplasmosis in Sudan and PCR is considered to be the golden standard test for Toxoplasmosis. Advocating for the implementation of control and preventive measures and routine screening services for T. gondii infection.
| | Keywords : | | | Seroprevelance, Toxoplasma Gondii, Toxoplasmosis, PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) Antibodies, ELIS (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) |
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