RISK FACTORS FOR GESTACIONAL TOXOPLASMOSIS IN CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES RJ

• Autor(a) principal: Tatagiba, Alice Dutra
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Liborio Neto, Adail Orrith, Abreu, Annelise Maria de O. Wilken, Ribeiro, Daiana Fia, Pereira, Patrícia dos Santos, Bernardo, Thiago Tavares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/4
• topic: Toxoplasmose; prevalência; fatores de risco; Toxoplasmosis; prevalence; risk factors

INTRODUCTION: Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The felines correspond to the definitive host of this coccidia. The transmission can occur by eating raw or undercooked meat from infected animals or by eating water or poorly sanitized foods that are contaminated with oocysts. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the risk factors for gestational toxoplasmosis in patients treated by the toxoplasmosis program in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ. METHODS: Documentary study (from 2013 to 2015). A total of 315 records of patients treated with a history of toxoplasmosis and referred to the Toxoplasmosis Program of Campos dos Goytacazes were evaluated at the Reference Center for Children and Adolescents. Data were tabulated in the EpiData® program and analyzed statistically by frequency of occurrence. DISCUSSION: The most frequent risk factor for toxoplasmosis is “neighbor has cats” (84.76%). Soares (2014) concluded that one of the risk factors for toxoplasmosis is to have domestic animals and Carneiro (2003) considered cats to be a variable in Toxoplasma gondii infection. CONCLUSION: The most prevalent risk factor was “neighbors to have cats”. The lowest risk was “having heard cases of toxoplasmosis among neighbors”. We conclude that information about this disease that reaches those living in areas at risk is deficient. It is thus perceived, that the education of the population about toxoplasmosis and its transmission routes is essential to reduce the prevalence and public expenditures with the protozoose.