Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in who have recently given birth hospitalized in a maternity public reference mother and child, in the municipality of Belém, Pará, Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in who have recently given birth hospitalized in a maternity public reference mother and child, in the municipality of Belém, Pará, Brazil
Received 22nd December, 2018; Received in revised form 09th January, 2019; Accepted 14th February, 2019; Published online 29th March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Sara Negreiros Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of the toxoplasmosis between puerperas attended in a public motherhood in the city of Belém of the Pará. We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study, involving puerperas to obtain data of serum positivity for Toxoplasmosis and their correlations through the application of an instrument Protocol and blood collectionThe predominant sampling was between 19 to 23 years (30,5%); the majority residing in the metropolitan region of Belém (48,3%). Of risk factors, 80,8% of puerperas lack of knowledge about toxoplasmosis; 94,1% referred consumption of quite cooked meats.; 68,5% have had contact with animals, especially with cats (19,7%).Related to prenatal care (88,2%)they frequented, beginning in the second quarter (29,0%); doing from 5 to 7 consultations (27,1%); primigestas (46,3%) and who did not receive guidance on infectious diseases (23,2%). As for the realization of examinations serological, It was observed that 72,4% reported having held these for infectious diseases in prenatal care and 75,4% presented positive serology for Toxoplasmosis at time of delivery.The high rate of prevalence obtained demonstrates the evolutionary forms of transmission of T. gondii for puerperas, establishing important contact with the risk factors. These are parameters that can steer new paths of public policies related to prenatal care.
