Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women of the Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco.

Laila Hoummadi,Redouan Moutaj,Younes El Jahiri,Nabila Soraa,Salma Berrouch,El Mostafa Miss,Abdelkrim Benbouzid,Jamaleddine Hafid,Laila Zoughari,Mostafa Mriouch,Yassine Amraouza,Abdelaziz Adel

doi:10.4314/ahs.v20i1.10

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https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i1.10

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Journal: African health sciences	Publication Date: Mar 1, 2020
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Affiliation: Cadi Ayyad University

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by an intracellular protozoan named Toxoplasma gondii. Its prevalence had been investigated in several studies throughout the world showing that it varied from one country to another. In contrast, few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, hence the objective of this work, which is the determination of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi. The serological results of a cohort of 5692 patients were reviewed retrospectively. Those patients had been into different public and private medical laboratories in the region of Marrakech-Safi for a toxoplasmosis serology, requested between the 1st January, 2014 and 31st December, 2016. According to each laboratory, the techniques adopted for this serology were ELISA (ELFA, MEIA, EIA) and CMIA. The results showed that for pregnant women, the overall seroprevalence in the study region were 28.88%. The variation of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence is related not only to climatic factors but also to lifestyle, eating habits, socio-economic status and hygiene conditions. In this study, we noticed that in Morocco, as in other countries, pregnant women encounter several difficulties when serologic screening for toxoplasmosis.

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Toxoplasmosis is one of the more common parasitic zoonoses world-wide, caused by the protozoan named Toxoplasma gondii.[1,2-3] This parasite is capable to infects virtuallyAfrican Health SciencesAfrican Health Sciences Vol 20 Issue 1, March, 2020 organ transplantation, transfusion and rarely laboratory containation
Few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, the objective of this work, which is the determination of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi
The results showed that for pregnant women, the overall seroprevalence in the study region were 28.88%

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Toxoplasmosis is one of the more common parasitic zoonoses world-wide, caused by the protozoan named Toxoplasma gondii.[1,2-3] This parasite is capable to infects virtuallyAfrican Health SciencesAfrican Health Sciences Vol 20 Issue 1, March, 2020 organ transplantation, transfusion and rarely laboratory containation. Few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, the objective of this work, which is the determination of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi. Methods: The serological results of a cohort of 5692 patients were reviewed retrospectively Those patients had been into different public and private medical laboratories in the region of Marrakech-Safi for a toxoplasmosis serology, requested between the 1st January, 2014 and 31st December, 2016. We noticed that in Morocco, as in other countries, pregnant women encounter several difficulties when serologic screening for toxoplasmosis.

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