Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Northeastern Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Heukelbach, Jorg ; Meyer-Cirkel, Vanessa ; Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia ; Gomide, Márcia ; Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira ; Saweljew, Peter ; Liesenfeld, Oliver
• Description:
  Two waterborne outbreaks of toxoplasmosis have been described recently in southern Brazil. We present data from a community-based study of pregnant women in northeastern Brazil. Consumption of homemade ice was the only variable associated with seropositivity (adjusted odds ratio, 3.1, 95% confidence interval, 1.53-6.24). Our results suggest that water is a source of infection with Toxoplasma gondii.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Antibodies, Protozoan Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Odds Ratio Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic Risk Factors Toxoplasma Water

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(2):287-289.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:06f5d31a231f064c4beb4bd7c0358ff82ebb7d463d522c32abbbcb0c406495fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16408/cdc_16408_DS1.pdf
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