Use of a helminthic indicator of soil to determine the frequency of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women
Zemlianskiĭ, O.A.; Evdokimov, V.V.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 1: 57-59
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 15042754 Document Number: 570041
Studies have ascertained the high dissemination of the soil with helminthic eggs and cysts of intestinal pathogenic protozoa (Lamblia, Toxoplasma, etc.) in some districts of the Belgorod Region. Comparing these data with the morbidity rates in pregnant females with toxoplasmosis shows a direct high correlation of the above indicators. The latter makes it possible to recommend the helminthic indicators of soil contamination to be used to determine the rate of toxoplasmosis in pregnant females.