Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access

Abstract

Retrospective Evaluation of the Toxoplasmosis Seroepidemiology among Women of Productive Age and Infants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Raafat Abdel Moneim Hassanein, Saeed M Kabrah*, Waslallah Saad Almatery, Ameer Ahmed Alahmadi, Mohammed Othman Alkurbi, Eslam Ahmed Header, El-Sayed Hamed Bakr and Mohammed Saad Almatery

Introduction: Toxoplasmosis in women in productive age and infant can be life-threatening. The information needed for proper control and management strategies in Saudi Arabia is lacking; hence our retrospective study was achieved.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii amongst women of productive age, baby boys, baby girls, baby boy twins and baby girl twins in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii amongst women of productive age, baby boys, baby girls, baby boy twins and baby girl twins in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia.

Materials and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records among women of productive age, baby boys and baby girlslooking for health care in King Fahad Hospital, King Abdulaziz Hospital and East Jeddah Hospital. The study was directed between January 2019 and March 2021. Data on anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies were composed via a structured pre-design questioner and verified using Excel spreadsheets, then exported and analyzed using the SPSS Statistics.

Results: These studies considered 2955 cases and an overall seroprevalence of anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies were 16.3% (483/2955) and 15.50% (378/2433) in women of reproductive age looking for healthcare in Jeddah city hospitals. Belong to anti-T. gondii IgM 1.5% (44/2955), anti-T. gondii IgG+IgM-15.2% (448/2955), anti-T. gondii IgGIgM+ 0.9% (28/2955) and anti-T. gondii IgG-IgM-82.8% (2448/2955) in the study area. The seroprevalence of anti-T. gondii IgG among baby boys was 20.60% (59/286), baby girls 18.80% (40/213), baby boy twins 42.90% (3/7), baby girl twins 18.80% (3/16).

Conclusion: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma IgG antibodies in productive age women was little in Jeddah if equated with Asian, African, American nations as well as with other portions of the Arabian Peninsula. The large proportion of Toxoplasma seronegative, non-immune women in the current study, 83.60% (2033/2433), is quite alarming due to the potential risk of Toxoplasmosis in productive age women.

Published Date: 2021-12-24; Received Date: 2021-12-03