Knowledge and preventive behaviour among pregnant women with latent toxoplasmosis in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ahmad N, Emelia Osman, Abdul Ghani NA, Leong, WY, Arzaee MZ, Seow, YY, Dol Bahar S, Wan Yahya WNN, Mustapha N, Vadiveel Y
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16274/1/12_ms0416_pdf_19981.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16274/; https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/15/2
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Latent toxoplasmosis could induce various hormonal and behavioural perturbations in infected hosts. We aimed to study the latent seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and the relationship between infection, knowledge and behaviour among 400 pregnant mothers. Plasma samples were teste...