Laboratory of Foods, Environment and Health. Faculty of Sciences and Techniques-Gueliz, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
Laboratory of medical analysis Achifa, El Kelaâ des Sraghna.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Mar;20(1):59-63. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i1.10.
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by an intracellular protozoan named Its prevalence had been investigated in several studies throughout the world showing that it varied from one country to another. In contrast, few studies had been carried out on this infection across the kingdom of Morocco, hence the objective of this work, which is the determination of seroprevalence in the region of Marrakech-Safi.
The serological results of a cohort of 5692 patients were reviewed retrospectively. Those patients had been into different public and private medical laboratories in the region of Marrakech-Safi for a toxoplasmosis serology, requested between the 1 January, 2014 and 31 December, 2016. According to each laboratory, the techniques adopted for this serology were ELISA (ELFA, MEIA, EIA) and CMIA.
The results showed that for pregnant women, the overall seroprevalence in the study region were 28.88%.
The variation of seroprevalence is related not only to climatic factors but also to lifestyle, eating habits, socio-economic status and hygiene conditions. In this study, we noticed that in Morocco, as in other countries, pregnant women encounter several difficulties when serologic screening for toxoplasmosis.
弓形虫病是一种由一种名为弓形虫的细胞内原生动物引起的寄生虫感染。其流行情况在世界各地的多项研究中进行了调查，结果表明其流行情况因国家而异。相比之下，摩洛哥王国对这种感染的研究很少，因此这项工作的目的是确定马拉喀什-萨菲地区的血清流行率。
回顾性分析了 5692 名患者的血清学结果。这些患者在 2014 年 1 月 1 日至 2016 年 12 月 31 日期间，因弓形虫血清学检查而前往马拉喀什-萨菲地区的不同公立和私立医疗实验室。根据每个实验室，采用 ELISA（ELFA、MEIA、EIA）和 CMIA 进行这项血清学检查。
结果显示，在研究地区，孕妇的总血清流行率为 28.88%。
血清流行率的变化不仅与气候因素有关，还与生活方式、饮食习惯、社会经济地位和卫生条件有关。在这项研究中，我们注意到，在摩洛哥，与其他国家一样，孕妇在进行弓形虫血清学筛查时会遇到一些困难。
