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

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 in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2019-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0222094-e0222094
Hauptverfasser:	Velázquez-Hernández, Nadia, Avilés Ávila, Ana Yuliana, Rivas-González, Manuel Arturo, Delgado-González, Selma Paola, Alvarado-Félix, Gustavo Alexis, Alvarado-Félix, Ángel Osvaldo, Beristain-Garcia, Isabel, Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Animals Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Community Health Planning Complications Congenital diseases Control Cooking Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnosis Diagnostic systems Disease transmission Feces Female Food consumption Food contamination Fruits Gloves Health aspects Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health risks Housewives Housing Humans Infection control Infections Knowledge Meat Medicine and Health Sciences Mexico - epidemiology Middle Aged Miscarriage Nutrition Parasites People and places Protozoa Questionnaires Risk factors Sociodemographics Socioeconomic factors Surveys and Questionnaires Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology Toxoplasmosis - prevention & control Toxoplasmosis - transmission Water pollution Womens health Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	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 (
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0222094