Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii amongst Pregnant Women in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia
المؤلفون المشاركون
Aqeely, Hussein
El-Gayar, Eman K.
Perveen Khan, Darakhshan
Najmi, Abdullah
Alvi, Ayesha
Bani, Ibrahim
Abdalla, Saif Elden
Elhassan, Ibrahim M.
Mahfuz, Muhammad Salih
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-11-13
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Toxoplasma gondii (T.
gondii) is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite of worldwide distribution.
There is limited information about the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in the southern area of Saudi Arabia.
The current study was carried out to determine the prevalence of T.
gondii in pregnant women in Jazan province.
Materials and Methods.
The study was conducted between January and June 2013 and included 195 pregnant women, data on sociodemographic and predisposing factors were collected from each participant.
Venous blood samples were collected following standard operating procedures.
Serological analysis for latent toxoplasmosis (levels of IgG) and active toxoplasmosis (IgM) was done using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).
Results.
The overall seroprevalence of T.
gondii in the study area was 24.1%.
The seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG was 20% (39 out of 195), whereas IgM seropositivity was 6.2% (12 out of 195).
Only 4 pregnant women tested positive for both IgG and IgM.
The highest IgG and IgM seroprevalence was among the study participants aged 35 to 39 years (13.5% and 35.1%, resp.).
The seropositivity rate of T.
gondii-specific antibodies was higher among pregnant women from the urban areas than those from rural communities (7.4% versus 0% and 21% versus 15.4% for IgM and IgG, resp.).
Conclusions.
The seroprevalence of T.
gondii was high in pregnant woman in Jazan.
The prevalence of toxoplasmosis increases with increase of age.
Awareness health education program in Jazan needs to be maintained and developed to targeted pregnant women.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Aqeely, Hussein& El-Gayar, Eman K.& Perveen Khan, Darakhshan& Najmi, Abdullah& Alvi, Ayesha& Bani, Ibrahim…[et al.]. 2014. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii amongst Pregnant Women in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Tropical Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1043252
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Aqeely, Hussein…[et al.]. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii amongst Pregnant Women in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Tropical Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1043252
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Aqeely, Hussein& El-Gayar, Eman K.& Perveen Khan, Darakhshan& Najmi, Abdullah& Alvi, Ayesha& Bani, Ibrahim…[et al.]. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii amongst Pregnant Women in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1043252
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1043252
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر