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Many\n<jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infections are preventable by simple hygienic measures.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods:<\/jats:italic> We surveyed pregnant women in the US to determine their knowledge about toxoplasmosis and\ntheir practices to prevent infection. Volunteer obstetricians selected to be demographically representative of the\nAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recruited the participants.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results:<\/jats:italic> Of 403 women responding to the survey, 48% indicated that they had heard or seen information about\ntoxoplasmosis; however, only 7% were aware of being tested for the disease. Forty percent of responding women\nknew that toxoplasmosis is caused by an infection, but 21% thought that a poison causes it. The highest level of\nknowledge was about cats and <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> ; 61% responded that the organism is shed in the feces of infected cats and\n60% responded that people could acquire toxoplasmosis by changing cat litter. There was a low level of knowledge\nabout other risk factors; only 30% of the women were aware that <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic>  may be found in raw or undercooked\nmeat. Nevertheless, a high percentage of women indicated that they do not eat undercooked meat during\npregnancy and that they practice good hygienic measures such as washing their hands after handling raw meat,\ngardening or changing cat litter.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusion:<\/jats:italic> Except for the risk of transmission from cats, knowledge among pregnant women about\ntoxoplasmosis is low. However, toxoplasmosis\u2010preventive practices are generally good, suggesting that providers\nshould continue to offer education about practices that help prevent foodborne diseases in general as well as\ninformation about preventing toxoplasmosis specifically.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1080\/10647440300025512","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,9,7]],"date-time":"2005-09-07T06:04:37Z","timestamp":1126073077000},"page":"139-145","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":79,"title":["Toxoplasmosis\u2010Related Knowledge and Practices AmongPregnant Women in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Jeffrey L.","family":"Jones","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Folashade","family":"Ogunmodede","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joni","family":"Scheftel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Kirkland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Lopez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jay","family":"Schulkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruth","family":"Lynfield","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2003,7,30]]},"container-title":["Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/idog\/2003\/612152.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/10647440300025512","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,7]],"date-time":"2024-08-07T20:07:31Z","timestamp":1723061251000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1080\/10647440300025512"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2003,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2003,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1080\/10647440300025512"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10647440300025512","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1064-7449"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1064-7449","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2003,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2003-05-05","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2003-07-30","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2003-07-30","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}