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Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected from randomly selected participants. Five millilitres of blood was collected and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit was used to test for T. gondii immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. A logistic regression model was computed to identify the risk factors. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) was estimated along with the 95% confidence interval (CI). A statistically significant association was defined as p&amp;lt;0.05.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>T. gondii IgG antibody positivity was found in 38.8% (n=132) of 340 pregnant women. Contact with cats (AOR 2.5 [95% CI 1.5 to 4.2]), eating raw\/undercooked meat (AOR 5.7 [95% CI 3.2 to 10.3]), consuming unwashed vegetables (AOR 4.1 [95% CI 2.1 to 8.0]), a history of abortion (AOR 1.9 [95% CI 1.1 to 3.3]) and drinking water sources (AOR 2.5 [95% CI 1.2 to 5.2]) demonstrated a statistically significant association with T. gondii infection.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Toxoplasmosis was found to be fairly common in pregnant mothers. Proper cat excreta disposal, not eating raw\/undercooked meat, maintaining hand cleanliness and following environmental sanitation protocols could be important to decrease T. gondii infection.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/trad053","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,12]],"date-time":"2023-08-12T09:43:15Z","timestamp":1691833395000},"page":"61-68","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Seroprevalence and risk factors for <i>Toxoplasma gondii<\/i> infection among pregnant women at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"118","author":[{"given":"Enirsie","family":"Kassie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ethiopian Public Health Institute , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia"},{"name":"Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University , Addis Ababa , 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