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Serological Screening and Toxoplasmosis Exposure Factors Among Pregnant Women in South of Brazil

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Specialty Tropical Medicine
Date 2005 Apr 12
PMID 15821794
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Abstract

Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5% (n=1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection.

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