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A questionnaire was administered to obtain information regarding the risk factors associated with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    seropositivity. Chi-squared tests, Fisher exact test, and Stata 9.2 (Statacorp, Texas) were used to evaluate differences between\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    positive and negative women.\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    antibodies were demonstrated in 116 (55.8%) of 208 pregnant women. Lower level of education and working with meat were found to be risk factors for\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    seropositivity. Pet owners (cats and\/or dogs) had a higher\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    seroprevalence than those who did not report having any pet (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.032). Women with \u22654 live births were more frequently\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    seropositive than those without previous births (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.002). Women with histories of spontaneous abortions were more frequently\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    seropositive than those without such a history (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.036). Our results indicate a high prevalence of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    antibodies in pregnant women in Romania. Risk factors for\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                    past infection were being in the older age group, working with meat, having pets, a lower level of education, higher gravidity, and history of spontaneous abortions. 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