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Knowledge and practices regarding toxoplasmosis in housewives: A cross sectional study in a northern Mexican city


Autoři: Nadia Velázquez-Hernández aff001;  Ana Yuliana Avilés Ávila aff002;  Manuel Arturo Rivas-González aff003;  Selma Paola Delgado-González aff002;  Gustavo Alexis Alvarado-Félix aff004;  Ángel Osvaldo Alvarado-Félix aff004;  Isabel Beristain-Garcia aff002;  Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel aff005
Působiště autorů: Institute for Scientific Research “Dr. Roberto Rivera Damm”, Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico aff001;  Facultad de Enfermería y Obstetricia, Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico aff002;  Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 49, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Durango, Mexico aff003;  Colegio Anglo-Español Durango, Durango, Mexico aff004;  Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico aff005
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
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Souhrn

We aimed to determine the knowledge and practices regarding toxoplasmosis among housewives in the northern Mexican city of Durango. One hundred eighty-five women (mean age: 41.27 ± 12.40 years old) with an occupation of housewife were studied. A self-administered questionnaire was used. This tool included items about the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, its transmission routes, general clinical, diagnostic, and treatment aspects of toxoplasmosis, and practices to avoid infection. A minority (<10%) of women knew about the parasite, the disease, how the transmission occurs, the clinical manifestations, how an infection is diagnosed, the treatment, and how to avoid toxoplasmosis. Some women knew that cats can transmit T. gondii infection (20%), and that the parasite can be found in cat feces (20.5%). Only 7.6% of women knew that infection with T. gondii can be transmitted by consumption of contaminated food or water. Only 1.1% of women knew about the prevalence of T. gondii infection. Some (4.9%) women used to taste raw meat while cooking, and 7.6% used to undercook meat. In addition, 20% of women used to eat raw dried meat, and 13.5% consumed untreated water. Less than 90% of women always washed their hands before cooking, and washed fruits or vegetables. The majority (75.1%) of women never wore gloves when handling raw meat. About one quarter (27.6%) of women always froze meat. And 16.2% of women cleaned cat feces. This is the first study regarding knowledge and practices about toxoplasmosis in housewives. Poor knowledge regarding T. gondii infection, toxoplasmosis, and practices to avoid infection among the housewives studied was found. High risk practices for infection were identified. Strategies to improve toxoplasmosis-related knowledge and practices to avoid T. gondii infection and its sequelae in housewives are highly needed.

Klíčová slova:

Biology and life sciences – Organisms – Eukaryota – Animals – People and places – Population groupings – Medicine and health sciences – Physiology – Vertebrates – Amniotes – Mammals – Nutrition – Physiological processes – Diet – Food – Meat – Agriculture – Animal products – Protozoans – Parasitic protozoans – Parasitic diseases – Toxoplasma – Toxoplasma gondii – Cats – Food consumption – Protozoan infections – Toxoplasmosis – Ethnicities – Latin American people – Mexican people


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