Seroprevalencia de la toxoplasmosis en mujeres que asistieron al Hospital ？Dr. Rafael Gallardo？. Coro, estado Falcón

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