ArticleBMC infectious diseases2011
Incidence of maternal Toxoplasma infections in pregnancy in Upper Austria, 2000-2007.
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- Survey of obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States about toxoplasmosis: 2012 update.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2015Article
- Neglected parasitic infections in the United States: toxoplasmosis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
- Age-associated prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in 8281 pregnant women in Poland between 2004 and 2012.Epidemiology and infection · 2014Article
- Epidemiology of Toxoplasma and CMV serology and of GBS colonization in pregnancy and neonatal outcome in a Sicilian population.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite three decades of prenatal screening program for toxoplasmosis in Austria, population-based estimates for the incidence of maternal infections with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy are lacking. We studied the incidence of primary maternal infections during pregnancy in the Federal State of Upper Austria.
methodsScreening tests for 63,416 women and over 90,000 pregnancies (more than 84.5% of pregnancies in the studied region) in the time period between 01.01.2000 and 31.12.2007 were analysed. The incidence of toxoplasmosis was estimated indirectly by binomial and directly by interval censored regression.
resultsDuring the studied period, 66 acute infections (risk of 0.07% per pregnancy) were detected, but only 29.8% of seronegative women were tested at least three times during their pregnancies. The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies among all tested women was 31%. Indirectly estimated incidence (from differences in prevalence by age) was 0.5% per pregnancy, while directly estimated incidence (interval censored regression) was 0.17% per pregnancy (95% confidence interval: 0.13-0.21%).
conclusionsCalculating incidence from observed infections results in severe underreporting due to many missed tests and potential diagnostic problems. Using statistical modelling, we estimated primary toxoplasmosis to occur in 0.17% (0.13-0.21%) of all pregnancies in Upper Austria.
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