1. [Evaluation of toxoplasmosis seroprevalence among 2416 women of childbearing age followed at the Pasteur Institute of New Caledonia].
- Author
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Breurec S, Berlioz-Arthaud A, Baumann E, Miègeville M, and Billaud E
- Subjects
- Academies and Institutes statistics & numerical data, Adolescent, Adult, Ethnicity, Europe ethnology, Female, Humans, Melanesia ethnology, Middle Aged, New Caledonia epidemiology, Polynesia ethnology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious blood, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious epidemiology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ethnology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious parasitology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious prevention & control, Premarital Examinations statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Toxoplasmosis blood, Toxoplasmosis ethnology, Toxoplasmosis parasitology, Toxoplasmosis prevention & control, Vaccination statistics & numerical data, Toxoplasmosis epidemiology
- Abstract
Evaluation of Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence was conducted in 2416 women of childbearing age by Pasteur Institute of New-Caledonia. The estimated seroprevalence was 56.7%, significantly higher in the North-East part of the territory (79.1%), area characterized by strong precipitations, and in the Melanesian ethnic group (62.1%). The habits of this population could enhance contamination by ingestion of oocysts during childhood or adolescence, particularly in the North-East territory. Melanesian women living in the North-East and being not immunized against toxoplasmosis represent the population with the highest risk for Toxoplasma gondii infection.
- Published
- 2004