caa a22 4500 465769586 CHVBK 20180323111925.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00145798 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00145798 Prevalence of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in gravidas and recently aborted women and study of risk factors [Elektronische Daten] [G. Decavalas, M. Papapetropoulou, E. Giannoulaki, V. Tzigounis, X. Kondakis] Two hundred seventeen parturients and eighty six recent aborters were screened for IgM and IgG toxoplasma antibodies. Age, profession, educational level, residence (urban/rural), presence of cat and other domestic animals were recorded for each subject. None of the subjects was IgM-positive. Prevalence of IgG positivity was 52.3% in the parturients and 50.2% in the recently aborted women. None of the personal or social characteristics investigated could be related to IgG positivity. However, the frequency of toxoplasma antibodies was found to be higher in recent aborters from rural areas where contact with soil is common regardless of whether cats are kept as pets or not. This study confirms other investigators' conclusion on the importance of soil contact as a risk factor for infection. Gustav Fischer, 1990 Toxoplasma gondii antibodies nationallicence Prevalence nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Decavalas G. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut Papapetropoulou M. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut Giannoulaki E. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut Tzigounis V. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut Kondakis X. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/2(1990-06-01), 223-226 0393-2990 6:2<223 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145798 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145798 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Decavalas G. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Papapetropoulou M. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giannoulaki E. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tzigounis V. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kondakis X. University of Patras, Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 1045, 261 10, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/2(1990-06-01), 223-226 0393-2990 6:2<223 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer