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Seroepidemiological Screening For Toxoplasmosis Within Unmarried Women In Basrah Province | ||
| JOURNAL OF THI-QAR SCIENCE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 34-40 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wafaa Sadoon Shani; Ghalib Noori AL-Mousawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Current study included Seroepidemiological Screening of 450 sera from unmarried women, within age ranged between (15 – 45) year by using IgG and IgM Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test. Sera collected from areas of Basrah province and from different classes ( students , officials and housewives ) , and according to the primary health care department program the province was divided into eight sections .Results documented that the prevalence rate of the disease in unmarred women in the whole province was 58% while the prevalence rates of sections was as follows : Sec I 63.2% , Sec II 51.8% , Al – Midayna 75% , AI – Qurna 64% , Al – Hartha 70% , Shatt – al – Arab 55% , Abu – al – Khaseeb 67.5% and Al – Zubair 36.3% . The higher rate recorded in Al – Midayna and lower rate in Al – Zubair .According to age group there is a significant difference ( P<0.025 ) and the results showed that (15 - 19) year with the rate of infection 64.54% , (30-34) year with rate 60.7% , (35-39) year with rate 60%, while the results upon sociodemographic data recorded that the housewives (all of them with low level of learning) represents rate 62.4% in comparison with students 45% and officials 44% , with a significant differences ( P < 0.05 ) . | ||
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