Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in River Nile State, Sudan, from April to June 2017
Background Toxoplasmosis is worldwide distribution disease, about 20% to 90% of the adult population in the world are reported with toxoplasmosis. Objectives : to know the prevalence of toxoplasmosis among selected group of pregnant women from Atbara and ALdamer towns, River Nile State ,Sudan by applying Latex agglutination and ELISA serological methods and to compare between these two serological methods Methodology: blood specimen were collected from 50 pregnant women participated in this studies and then specimens were processed and examined by Latex agglutination and ELISA. Result: 24% were seropositive and 76% were seronegative, 24% positive with latex agglutination and 18% positive with ELISA. Discussion, conclusion and recommendations: ELISA is more specific than latex agglutination method, further studies are required with large sample size and more diagnostic methods.
