SEROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN THE ANTENATAL CLINIC OFFRANCEVILLE (GABON)

Authors
NABIAS R NGOUAMIZOKOU A MIGOTNABIAS F MBOUMOUTSIMBI RA LANSOUDSOUKATE J
Citation
R. Nabias et al., SEROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN THE ANTENATAL CLINIC OFFRANCEVILLE (GABON), Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 91(4), 1998, pp. 318-320
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath",Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
318 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1998)91:4<318:SIOTIT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis was assessed between 1995 and 1997 on 767 pregnant women on the occasion of their medical check-ups for pregnancy in the preventive health centre of Franceville, province of the Haut-Ogooue Gabon. Among the women under investigation, 71.2 % wer e found to be IgG seropositive, including 2.6 % IgM seropositive. When compared to similar studies conducted for the last 20 years in the sa me region, these results give evidence of an increase of the seropreva lence to toxoplasmosis among pregnant women, contributing to a decreas ed risk of contracting the disease during pregnancy.