SERO-PREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG MULTIPAROUS PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT BENI-SUEF UNIVERSITY’S HOSPITAL, EGYPT

ABDEL GAWAD, SAMAH S.; GHIETH, MARWA A.; KAMEL, NESREEN M.; SHAWKEY, SHERWET M.

doi:10.21608/jesp.2017.77731

SERO-PREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG MULTIPAROUS PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT BENI-SUEF UNIVERSITY’S HOSPITAL, EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

² Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

10.21608/jesp.2017.77731

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a critical zoonotic protozoan infection associated with comorbidity on pregnancy and fetus. This study evaluated over a year the sero-prevalence of T. gondii among multiparous pregnant women undergoing antenatal care at Beni-Suef University’s Hospital, and estimated the risks for infection. All patients were subjected to immunological detection of both IgG & IgM anti-toxoplasmosis antibodies using ELISA. Out of 300 females, anti-T.gondii antibodies were detected in 20% (n=60) of cases. Of 60 seropositive cases, IgG+ve, IgM+ve and both IgG+ve and IgM+ve were detected in 56.6% (n=34), 23.3% (n=14) and 20% (n=12) respectively. Positive cases were common in age groups 30-40 (45%) and 20-30 (43.3%). 50% of positive patients suffered from first trimester abortion (p=0.005). History of the previous obstetric outcome was a predictive factor (p =0.002) for infection. None of other variables were risks.

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