Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Year: 2014
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page No. 42 - 44

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among Pregnant Women in Shandong Province, China

Authors : Hui Liu, Ke-Sheng Xin, Yu-Hong Jiang and Zhi-Yong Jiang

References

Alvarado-Esquivel, C., A. Sifuentes-Alvarez, S.G. Narro-Duarte, S. Estrada-Martinez and J.H. Diaz-Garcia et al., 2006. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in a public hospital in northern Mexico. BMC Infect. Dis., Vol. 6 10.1186/1471-2334-6-113

Babaie, J., S. Amiri, E. Mostafavi, N. Hassan, P. Lotfi, A.R.E. Rastaghi and M. Golkar, 2013. Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in northeast Iran. Clin. Vaccine Immunol., 20: 1771-1773.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Berger, F., V. Goulet, Y. Le Strat and J.C. Desenclos, 2009. Toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in France: Risk factors and change of prevalence between 1995 and 2003. Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique, 57: 241-248.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Cheng, M.L., J. Wang and F. Wu, 2006. Investigation of infection of TORCH in the pregnancy in Wenlin city. J. Clin. Exp. Med., 5: 993-993.
Direct Link  |  

Edelhofer, R. and H. Prossinger, 2010. Infection with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy: Seroepidemiological studies in Austria. Zoonoses Public Health, 57: 18-26.
CrossRef  |  

Elmore, S.A., J.L. Jones, P.A. Conrad, S. Patton, D.S. Lindsay and J.P. Dubey, 2010. Toxoplasma gondii: Epidemiology, feline clinical aspects and prevention. Trends Parasitol., 26: 190-196.
CrossRef  |  PubMed  |  Direct Link  |  

Gao, X.J., Z.J. Zhao, Z.H. He, T. Wang and T.B. Yang et al., 2012. Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in China. Parasitology, 139: 139-147.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Guo, X.B., C.J. Su, Z.B. Zuo, C.K. Su and X.Y. Xiao, 1998. Investigation of Toxoplasma infection in mothers and fetus. Chinese J. Perinatal Med., 2: 123-128.
Direct Link  |  

He, F.H., C. Wu and C.Y. Wang, 1999. A study of Toxoplasma infection among 800 pregnant women. J. Linyi Med. Coll., 21: 215-215.

Liang, D.H., F.Z. Wang, H. Fan, S. Han, L. Duan and C. Cui, 2004. A seroepidemiologic survey on Toxoplasma gondii infection of pregnant women. Chinese Primary Health Care, 18: 29-30.

Lin, M.C., Q.G. Weng, X.R. Xiao, G.Y. Cai, X.M. Ning and L. Lv, 2001. Preliminary investigation of Toxoplasma infective charateristics in premarital or pregnant women. Chinese J. Birth Health Heredity, 9: 100-101.

Liu, J. and Z. Jun, 2009. TORCH infection among women at early pregnancy in Hanyang district, Wuhan. Chinese J. Birth Health Heredity, 17: 70-71.

Liu, Q., F. Wei, S. Gao, L. Jiang and H. Lian et al., 2009. Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in China. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 103: 162-166.
CrossRef  |  PubMed  |  Direct Link  |  

Liu, X.Y. and S.Y. Li, 2001. Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women of Rizhao city. Chinese J. Zoonoses, 5: 128-128.
Direct Link  |  

Liu, Y.R. and S.J. Guo, 2009. Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women. Public Med. Forum Mag., 13: 271-272.

Mwambe, B., S.E. Mshana, B.R. Kidenya, A.N. Massinde and H.D. Mazigo et al., 2013. Sero-prevalence and factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Mwanza, Tanzania. Parasites Vectors, Vol. 6 10.1186/1756-3305-6-222

Sakikawa, M., S. Noda, M. Hanaoka, H. Nakayama and S. Hojo et al., 2012. Anti-Toxoplasma antibody prevalence, primary infection rate and risk factors in a study of toxoplasmosis in 4,466 pregnant women in Japan. Clin. Vaccine Immunol., 19: 365-367.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Tang, D.S., Y. Xu and T. Xu, 1994. Preliminary survey of Toxoplasma seroprevalence among pregnant women in Hefei district. J. Trop. Dis. Parasitol., 23: 55-56.

Vaz, R.S., V. Thomaz-Soccol, E. Sumikawa and A.T.B. Guimaraes, 2010. Serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pregnant women from Southern Brazil. Parasitol. Res., 106: 661-665.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Zhang, H., Z.P. Zhang and X.P. Liu, 1999. Diagnosis of Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women and their newborns by combining ELISA and PCR. Chinese J. Zoonoses, 3: 110-111.
Direct Link  |  

Zhang, J., J.Q. Dan, Z.H. Zhu, L.C. Chen and Y.P. Wang, 2006. Survey of Toxoplasma seroprevalence in pregnant women of Daqing city. Heilongjiang Med. Pharm., 29: 69-70.

Zheng, Y.X., 2007. 78 cases of maternal infection of Toxoplasma. Guizhou Med. J., 1: 78-78.
Direct Link  |  

Zhong, Y.F. and S.H. Xue, 2006. Prevalence of TORCH-IgG antibodies in non-vaccinated married fertile-aged women in Guangzhou. Maternal Child Health Care China, 21: 3309-3310.

Zhou, P., Z. Chen, H.L. Li, H. Zheng, S. He, R.Q. Lin and X.Q. Zhu, 2011. Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans in China. Parasites Vectors, Vol. 4. 10.1186/1756-3305-4-165

Zuo, J.F., X.M. Luo and G.M. Lv, 2009. Serological analysis of Toxoplasma IgG and IgM in 1491 pregnant women. China Contemp. Med., 9: 157-157.
Direct Link  |  

Design and power by Medwell Web Development Team. © Medwell Publishing 2024 All Rights Reserved