Seroinfection of Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii , Parvovirus B19, Treponema pallidum , and HIV in a Pregnant Attending a Medical Center in Northern Peru.
Dennis Cubas-AlarconGénesis Masiel Guevara-VásquezDanny Omar Suclupe-CamposSalvadora Castro-MartínezFranklin Rómulo Aguilar-GamboaVirgilio Efrain Failoc-RojasPublished in: Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology (2024)
The level of seroinfection of toxoplasmosis reveals the risk to which pregnant women who participated in the study are exposed. The high seroinfection of parvovirus B19 could explain the cases of spontaneous abortion and levels of anemia in newborn that have been reported in Motupe, Lambayeque, Peru. However, future causality studies are necessary to determine the significance of these findings.