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REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 173-177Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA MEDICINA TROPICAL
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822005000200009
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congenital toxoplasmosis; exposure factor; pregnant women; epidemiology; South Brazil
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Serological screening and evaluation of exposure factors for Toxoplasma gondii transmission were conducted in 2126 pregnant women from southern Brazil. Specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were presented by 74.5 % (n = 1583) of the pregnant women evaluated. Contact with soil was found to be the major factor for infection.
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