Toxoplasma antibody prevalence in Nepalese pregnant women and women with bad obstetric history.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
; 29(4): 739-43, 1998 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-10772556
ABSTRACT
Sera from randomly selected 345 pregnant Nepalese women aged 16-36 years and 13 women with bad obstetric history (BOH) were tested for the presence of Toxoplasma antibodies using microlatex agglutination (MLA) and ELISA methods. The overall prevalence was 55.4% (191/345). Prevalence was slightly higher (59.0%) in older age-group (27-36 years) compared with younger age-group (16-26 years) (52.2%). No significant difference in antibody prevalence in women belonging to two different ethnic-groups (Tibeto-Burmans 57.8%, Indo-Aryans 52.7%) was observed (p>0.05). MLA antibody titer ranged from 116 to 12,048. Over three-fourth of the women showed either high (1510 or over) or low (116 or 132) antibody titer. Three percent (6/191) of MLA antibody positive subjects had Toxoplasma IgM antibodies by IgM-ELISA. All six IgM antibody positive pregnant women had MLA antibody titer of over 1510. Of the total 13 women with BOH, 5 (38.5%) had Toxoplasma antibodies of which 2 (40.0%) were positive for Toxoplasma-IgM antibodies.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios
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Toxoplasmosis
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Complicaciones Parasitarias del Embarazo
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Historia Reproductiva
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón