%0 Journal Article
%T Seroprevalencia de la toxoplasmosis en mujeres que asistieron al Hospital £¿Dr. Rafael Gallardo£¿. Coro, estado Falc¨®n
%A Mart¨ªnez M¨¦ndez
%A Dilia
%A Mart¨ªnez Leal
%A Eustacia
%A Oberto Perdig¨®n
%A Lairet
%A Navas Yamarte
%A Patricia
%J Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiolog¨ªa
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X studies related with toxoplasmosis have not been done at falcon state, venezuela. the aim of this study was to determine the igm and igg type anti-toxoplasma gondii antibody prevalence in non pregnant women who attended the £¿dr. rafael gallardo£¿ hospital. diagnosis was made through an immune-enzymatic assay. of the sera tested, 85.5% were negative for both antibodies; 14.27% of the sera were positive for igg£¿ and 0.37% for igm. the presence of active infection was rejected in the igg(+) patients. the one patient who was igm positive was considered as recently infected. the low prevalence found may be due to scarce exposure to risk factors, or to a sub registration. an early diagnosis will allow initiating prophylactic measures that reduce transmission. serologic studies should be extended to pregnant women and complemented with epidemiological data
%K toxoplasmosis
%K seroprevalence
%K coro
%K falc¨®n
%K venezuela.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1315-25562009000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en