SUMMARY
Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate and verify the effect of latent toxoplasmosis in pregnant women on sex and some parametric data of their newborns.
Material and methods: From 1.6.2017 to 1.1.2019 we examined 2258 pregnant women for toxoplasmosis. Serum samples were screened for specific IgM and IgG antibodies and total antibodies by the complement fixation test (CFT). In selected cases, we examined IgA antibodies (EIA Test-Line) and determined the avidity of IgG antibodies (EIA Test-Line). We obtained parametric data of newborns retrospectively by requesting data after birth.
Results: Of the total number, 2009 (89.0%) women were Toxoplasma-negative and 249 (11.0%) women had a latent infection. In Toxoplasma-positive and Toxoplasma-negative mothers, the same number of boys and girls were born (CI for p <0.05, χ2 = 0.08, p = 0.773 for p <0.05). We also found no differences in pregnancy duration in Toxoplasma-infected and uninfected women (CI for p <0.05, p = 0.964 for p <0.05) and we did not find any differences in birth weight or length in both groups of mothers. Similarly, the Rh factor of both groups of mothers did not affect the birth weight and length of newborns (χ2 = 0.59 for p = 0.05).
Conclusion: We did not confirm the influence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women on the sex of the offspring, as well as the influence on other examined parameters and metric data of newborns.
Key words: Toxoplasma gondii, latent toxoplasmosis, pregnant women, newborns.
Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (12): 467-472
Kamila MELNIKOV 1, František ONDRISKA 1,2, Vojtech BOLDIŠ 2, Pavol ŠČASNÝ 3, Ondrej LACHKÝ 4, Ján VOJTAŠŠÁK 1
1 Trnavská univerzita, Fakulta zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce, Trnava
2 Medirex, a.s. úsek parazitológie, Bratislava
3 Nemocnica s poliklinikou Sv. Lukáša, Gynekologicko-pôrodnícke oddelenie, Galanta
4 Fakultná nemocnica Trnava, Gynekologicko-pôrodnícka klinika, Trnava
CITE:
MELNIKOV K., ONDRISKA F., BOLDIŠ V., ŠČASNÝ P., LACHKÝ O., VOJTAŠŠÁK J.: Latent toxoplasmosis in pregnancy and its influence on selected parametric data of newborns. Lek Obz, 2020, 69 (12): 467-472
