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Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd 2018; 37 (2)

Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in students of the National University of Chimborazo in Ecuador

Sánchez AR, Araujo BL, Brossard PE, Atair FF, Ramos CY, Barba MMA

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 117-128
PDF size: 248.87 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Toxoplasma gondii is the infection that occurs during the fertile age of women and is a health problem not well understood by the people, doctors and leaders of the health systems of some countries; as it does not consider important the ways of acquiring it and the risk involved in becoming infected during pregnancy. In Ecuador there aren´t consistent data on the circulation and endemicity of this parasitosis, being this problematic situation the reason for this work.
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in young women of childbearing age and their relation with the level of knowledge about the disease.
Methods: The serological behavior of T. gondii was evaluated in 105 samples of sera from the National University of Chimborazo of the Clinical and Histopathological Laboratory, by the determination of IgG anti T. gondii using the Chemiluminescence Technique.
Results: Of the study population, 38 students (36.0 %) were found to be positive for antibodies to T. gondii, indicating contact with the parasite at some point in their life. The demonstrated seropositivity may be due to the lack of knowledge about the main routes of infection, the risk of being seronegative during pregnancy and the high endemicity of the parasite.
Conclusions: The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in the studied population were demonstrated.


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