Serological Investigation of Toxoplasma gondii on Pregnant Women and Toxoplasmosis Suspected Patients Between 2012-2014 Years on a Tertiary Training Hospital

Abstract

Nationwide, high throughput, systemic seroprevalance studies is needed in order to take precautions for the public health to protect sensitive groups and pregnant women especially because of congenital toxoplasmosis risk.

TORCH seroprevalence among patients attending Obstetric Care Clinic of Haydarpasa Training and Research Hospital affiliated to Association of Istanbul Northern Anatolia Public Hospitals

“…Table 2 presents the summary of TORCH studies in Turkey. In our study, anti-toxoplasma Ig G seropositivity was detected as 31% which is consistent with most of the studies performed in Turkey [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]. Cultural differences between regions, rich and variable cuisine culture in Turkey also reflect on this type of studies.…”

“…Toxoplasma Ig G positivity rates in different provinces were observed as follows: Artvin (30.3%; Inci et al), Edirne (30%; Varol et al), Afyon (30.7%; Yilmazer et al) Denizli (37%; Karabulut et al), Erzurum (24%; Yigit et al), Diyarbakir (32.9%; Gul et al), Elazig (41%; Asci et al), and Van (41%; Efe et al) [11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]. Previous seroprevalence studies performed in Metropolitan City of Istanbul, toxoplasma Ig G seropositivities were detected as 43% by Polat et al and 21% by Selek et al in a more recent study [24, 25]. Excluding provinces of Southeastern Anatolia, seroprevalence of toxoplasma changes between 30 and 43 percent.…”

Retrospective Evaluation of Anti- Toxoplasma gondii IgG, IgM and IgG Avidity Results in Akdeniz University Hospital Laboratory

“…Türkiye'de yapılan çalışmalarda, Manisa ilinde anti-T. gondii IgG ve anti-T. gondii IgM pozitifliği sıra- (7)(8)(9) . İstanbul'da yapılan bir çalışmada, yalnız anti-T. gondii IgG pozitifliği %37, anti-T. gondii IgG ve anti-T. gondii IgM birlikte pozitifliği %1.9 olarak bulunmuştur (10) . Sunulan çalışmada, anti-T. gondii IgG ve anti-T. gondii IgM pozitifliği sırasıyla %29.7 ve %2.5 bulunmuş olup, diğer çalışmalarla benzerdir.…”

Retrospective Evaluation of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Among First Trimester Pregnant Women Admitted to Nenehatun Maternity Hospital between 2013-2017 in Erzurum

“…Ülkemizde, gebelerde T. gondii seropozitifliği ile ilgili çeşitli çalışmalar Tablo 3'te gösterilmiş olup, %22-47 arasında değişen oranlar görülmektedir (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). Gebelerde en yüksek seropozitiflik değeri %47,1 olarak Kahramanmaraş'tan bildirilmektedir (23).…”