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1305-3132

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1993 - 2021

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​Cihat Şen, ​Nicola Volpe

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Daniel Rolnik, Mar Gil, Murat Yayla, Oluş Api

Detection of toxoplasmosis infection in pregnant women in Şanlıurfa

M. Harma , M. Harma , N. Güngen , M. Erdem , N. Demir

Künye

Detection of toxoplasmosis infection in pregnant women in Şanlıurfa. Perinatoloji Dergisi 2002;10(3):230-230

Yazar Bilgileri

M. Harma ,
M. Harma ,
N. Güngen ,
M. Erdem ,
N. Demir

  1. University of Harran Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Şanlıurfa TR
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Amaç
 
Geographic variation and eating undercooked meat effects the seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis. Şanlıurfa is at the hot regiun of Turkey and eating raw meat is traditional. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Toxoplasmosis infection and potential benefits of identification of affected pregnancies.

Yöntem
 
This retrospective study consisted of 1149 pregnant women who had their first prenatal visit (mean 20 weeks' gestation) between June 1998 and June 2002 at Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Harran University Hospital. Blood samples were analyzed for the presence of Toxoplasma-spesific immunglobulin M (IgM) and G antibodies (IgG) by ELISA method. The mean age of the cases was 26.9 (SD 5.3) years. SPSS 11.02 for Windows was used for statistical analyzes.

Bulgular

In 455 (60.4%) cases the samples were IgG-positive which indicates previous maternal infection and the samples of 35 (3%) cases were IgM-positive which indicates the current or recent infection and 448 (38.9%) cases were found as seronegative.

Sonuç

Many cases of Congenital Toxoplasmosis can be prevented. This study was found that preventive choice based on serologic screening in pregnancy was effective.
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