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zeinab sadeghi dehkordi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Address: 1- Dep of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan.
Phone: 08134227350

Research

Title
SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG WOMEN REFERING TO HOSPITAL OF KURDISTAN
Type
Presentation
Keywords
Toxoplasma, Kurdistan, pathology, molecular biology, serology
Year
2015
Researchers zeinab sadeghi dehkordi ، ، noshin abdolmaleki

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is the obligatory intracellular protozoan parasite in Apicomplexa phylum and one of the important zoonotic parasites with worldwide distribution. Human can be infected by eating raw meat infected with cyst and water infected by oocyst or by vertical transmission. This cross sectional study was conducted on 164 pregnant women referred to medical centers. Demographic data and risk factors were collected using a questionnaire.Also, blood samples were taken from each subject to detect IgG antibodies by ELISA method. Data was entered in to SPSS 16 software and descriptive statistics, chi-square were used for analysis. The Lowest and highest Ab titer were reported in 35-39 age and 15-19 age groups, respectively. No significant relation was seen between seropositivity and age. No significant relation was seen between seropositivity in urban and rural women. All women have consumed vegetable