Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Klufio, C A
• Delamare, O
• Amoa, A B
• Kariwiga, G

Titel

The prevalence of toxoplasma antibodies in pregnant patients attending the Port Moresby General Hospital antenatal clinic: a seroepidemiological survey

Ist Teil von

• Papua New Guinea medical journal, 1993-03, Vol.36 (1), p.4

Ort / Verlag

Papua New Guinea

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In a survey of 197 consecutive pregnant patients who were attending the Port Moresby General Hospital antenatal clinic for the first time in the index pregnancy, the prevalence of IgG antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii was 18%. Only one patient had IgM antibodies. Of the sociodemographic characteristics examined, only highlands origin of the patient had a significant association with the presence of IgG antibodies.