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      Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in Korean pregnant women.

      The Korean Journal of Parasitology
      Adult, Animals, Antibodies, Protozoan, blood, Female, Humans, Korea, epidemiology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, diet therapy, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Toxoplasma, immunology, Toxoplasmosis

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          This study was performed in order to evaluate the sero-epidemiological status of toxoplasmosis in pregnant Korean women. Among 5,175 sera and 750 amniotic fluid samples obtained from pregnant women, 41 serum samples (0.79%) and 10 (1.33%) amniotic fluid samples tested positive for IgG antibodies by ELISA. Fifty one cases showing a score more than 0.25 on ELISA were tested for PCR reaction against the SAG1 gene. Only one case of the 51 ELISA positive cases exhibited a positive reaction on all tests. This case had a history of acute nephropyelitis during early pregnancy, but fortunately, had delivered a phenotypically healthy baby. In this study, the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women was found to be comparatively low, consistent with previous reports from Korea. However our trials, performed with a variety of diagnostic tools, were considered to be useful for the precise diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis.

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