ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science 06(98) 2021

Philadelphia, USA

Rahimkhani, M., Kazemian, K., Zarebavani, M., Khavarydaneshvar, A., & Safari, M. S.

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma IgG and IgM Antibodies in Iranian young women before pregnancy.

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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-06-98-1

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2021.06.98.1

Language: English

Citation: Rahimkhani, M., Kazemian, K., Zarebavani, M., Khavarydaneshvar, A., & Safari, M. S. (2021). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma IgG and IgM Antibodies in Iranian young women before pregnancy. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 06 (98), 1-5. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-06-98-1 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2021.06.98.1

Pages: 1-5

Published: 30.06.2021

Abstract: Background: Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by an intracellular parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. One of the most common methods of diagnosis and screening of women in terms of these infectious agents is serological tests. Material and methods: The totals of 103 women were referred to the laboratory for pre-pregnancy tests. One of the pre-pregnancy tests was to determine the amount of serum Toxoplasma gondii antibodies of both types IgG and IgM antibodies. Results: A total of 103 women were enrolled during the study period with the mean age ± standard deviation (SD) of 28.02 ± 6.07 years. The prevalence of specific anti -Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM was of 18.4% (19/103) and 0.97%(1/103) respectively. 32.4% of studied women kept cats at home or have been in contact with cats for some time. Conclusion: In this study the incidence of acute Toxoplasmosis was very low and also the rate of IgG antibody positive was less than other previous reports. Women’s awareness about transmitting ways of the Toxoplasmosis has a very important role in the prevention and prevalence of Toxoplasmosis in society.

Key words: Toxoplasma gondii, IgG antibody, IgM antibody, pre-pregnancy.