Toxoplasmosis gondii y su comportamiento en mujeres gestantes del Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread parasitic infection around the world.Pregnant women are the group most at risk, because toxoplasma is able to cross the placental barrier. This begins when in the intestinal mucosa (in felines) the appropriate place where gametocytes give rise to oocysts and subsequently to an acute infection, this stage occurs in the feces of felines in a range of 7 to 21 days. Congenital toxoplasmosis in Ecuador is a major health problem as a consequence of its high prevalence, it is estimated that half of the Ecuadorian population has had contact with this parasite.Methodology:A bibliographic search was performed in different databases such as: Google scholar, Medline, Pubmed and Scielo for the collection of information, for the selection of scientific articles, in Spanish and English. Conclusion: The behavior of toxoplasmosis is based on stages, being the tachyzoite the one in charge of invading the epithelial cells thus being able to infect several parts of the body as well as the fetus corresponding this the infected part of interest in this study, since it can end up causing fetal and neonatal damage such as hydrocephalus, Thus, it can be inferred that the infection occurred in the second trimester, in addition to consuming raw horse meat, making it necessary to perform a screening test to confirm through IgG antibodies if there is or was recently an infection by toxoplasmosis.