TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

TOXOPLASMOSIS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN ATTENDED IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS IN NITERÓI, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

The present study conducted a toxoplasmosis-related knowledge level survey with 400 pregnant and puerperal women attended in public health units in the municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Only 111 (27.8%) women claimed to know about the disease. Most of them (n = 289; 72.2%) had never heard abo...

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Main Authors: Patricia Riddell Millar, Fernanda Loureiro de Moura, Otílio Machado Pereira Bastos, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia de Mattos, Ana Beatriz Monteiro Fonseca, Adriana Pittella Sudré, Daniela Leles, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-09-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Toxoplasmosis
Pregnant women
Knowledge
Primary prevention
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