"Review On: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Women of Child-Bearing Age"

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is common worldwide due to its ability to infect a wide range of warm-blooded animals including humans. Areas with poor hygiene and infrastructure along with climatic conditions where the parasites tend to exist and most importantly unawareness of the presence of asymptomatic condition has caused a persistent prevalence of infection in women of childbearing age. This persistency later becomes the principal cause for congenital toxoplasmosis. Since more than 80% of immunocompetent individuals remain asymptomatic or exhibit only flu-like symptoms, a measure of seroprevalence can help to find any exposure to infection by identifying specific IgG and IgM antibodies. So, this review has been summarized to assess the prevailing seropositivity of T. gondii infection among women who are going through childbearing age of 15-49 years and the possible associated factors behind this prevalence rate.