ISSN: 2576-7771
Authors: Mohamed Taha RK, Abd Alla AB* and Nasir Hamad AE
This cross-sectional study was conducted in River Nile state (Atbara locality) during the period from February to May, 2017. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis among aborted women. One hundred fifty two aborted women were enrolled in this study with the age ranged between 20-49 years old. Blood samples were taken from all participants. All samples were examined to detect Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM antibodies by using LATEX, ICT and ELISA techniques. The study showed that, the overall prevalence of Toxoplasma parasite were 35.5%, 33.6% 22.4% by ELISA, LATEX agglutination and ICT respectively. The study showed that, the prevalence of Toxoplasma infections was highest (54.6 %) among the age group (41-49) years old, followed by 31-40 age group ( 33.5%) and the lowest (11.8%) among age group 20-30 years old. Assuming ELISA technique as the gold standard method, the sensitivity and specificity of the LATEX technique were 94 % and 100% while for ICT technique were 64 % and 100 %. The study concluded that, the toxoplasmosis was more prevalent among pregnant women in Atbara locality in River Nile state.
Keywords: toxoplasmosis; Latex; Elisa; Ict; Atbara
