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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Kiran Afshan1*, Sobia Baseer1, Shanza Kiran1, Ghulam Narjis2 and Sabika Firasat1

1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
2Department of Statistics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
 
* Corresponding author: kafshan@qau.edu.pk

Fig. 1.

Scatter plots depicting the ranges of OD values obtained for test sera by using IgG ELISA with respect to (a) study districts, (b) pregnancy status, (c) age groups (d) stages of pregnancy and (e) profession. A serum is considered positive when its absorbance value is above cut-off value OD≥1.00. Dotted line represents cut-off point.

Fig. 2.

Scatter plots depicting the ranges of OD values obtained for test sera by using IgM ELISA with respect to (a) study districts, (b) pregnancy status, (c) age groups (d) stages of pregnancy and (e) profession. A serum is considered positive when its absorbance value is above cut-off value OD≥0.7. Dotted line represents cut-off point.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

October

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 5, pp. 2001-2500

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