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Hence, this study has evaluated the prevalence of anti-<jats:italic>Toxoplasma gondii<\/jats:italic> and anti-<jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp. antibodies in pregnant women in Mogadishu, Somalia. Serum samples from 307 pregnant women from Mogadishu, Somalia were tested for anti-<jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> antibodies by Latex Agglutination Test (LAT) and anti-<jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp. antibodies by Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and a commercial competitive-ELISA (cELISA). A total of 119\/307 (38.76%) pregnant women had a prior history of abortion. A total of 159\/307 (51.79%; 95% CI: 46.2\u201357.35%) pregnant women were seroreactive for <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> by LAT at different stages of pregnancy. For <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp., when RBPT and cELISA were combined 4\/307 (1.30%; 95% CI: 0.36\u20133.30%) pregnant women were seroreactive to anti-<jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp. antibodies, being 2\/307 (0.65%; 95% CI: 0.18\u20132.34%) by RBPT and 3\/307 (0.98%; 95% CI: 0.33\u20132.83%) by cELISA. Two women were seroreactive for both agents. A high seropositivity to <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> and low seropositivity to <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp. have been found in pregnant women from Mogadishu, Somalia. Considering the high number of abortions in the country associated to the fact that awareness on other zoonotic abortifacient pathogens in Somalis is very low, further studies should be conducted to evaluate the potential causes of abortions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/frph.2021.672885","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,4]],"date-time":"2021-08-04T04:32:27Z","timestamp":1628051547000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Prevalence of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii and Anti-Brucella Spp. Antibodies in Pregnant Women From Mogadishu, Somalia"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Abdulkarim A.","family":"Yusuf","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed A.","family":"Hassan-Kadle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdalla M.","family":"Ibrahim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed A.","family":"Hassan-Kadle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdullahi M.","family":"Yasin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maha","family":"Khojaly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o L.","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rafael F. 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