Autor(en): Raissi, Vahid
Sohrabi, Zahra
Getso, Muhammad
Raiesi, Omid
Hashemi Hafshejani, Saeideh
Shabandoust, Hajar
Etemadi, Soudabeh
Titel: Risk factors and prevalence of toxocariasis in pregnant women and diabetic patients compared to healthy adults in Ilam province, western Iran
Sprache (ISO): en
Zusammenfassung: Toxocara is one of the common intestinal nematodes in dogs and cats and is the agent of tissue migratory larvae in humans. Customarily, the prevalence of human toxocariasis hovers around 15.8 % in Iran. Furthermore, other research outcomes demonstrated a tendency for an outbreak of toxocariasis in Iran. Therefore, we carried out a cross-sectional study and assessed the seroprevalence of toxocariasis humans in Ilam Province, western of Iran. A total of 539 serum samples were collected between September 2017 and March 2018 from patients referred to the Health Centers of Ilam province, Iran. Serum samples were investigated for the presence of Toxocara using IgG antibodies, ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) kit. Risk factors such as contact with cats and dogs, living in rural areas were investigated among the study population. Out of 539 total samples collected, 97 cases (17.99 %) were positive for anti-toxocara IgG antibodies. These antibodies were recovered from serum samples of otherwise healthy adults (15.54 %, 49/296), pregnant women (21.16 %, 40/189) and diabetic patients (14.81 %, 8/54). This study showed significant relationship between toxocariasis and contact with animal pets in all studied groups (P value ≤ 0.05) and a significant relationship between toxocariasis and living in rural areas among pregnant women (P value ≤ 0.05).
Schlagwörter: Toxocariasis
Pregnancy
Diabetic patients
Ilam
Iran
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/37955
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-19940
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018-10-23
Rechte (Link): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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