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Ecological comparison of the risks of mother-to-child transmission and clinical manifestations of congenital toxoplasmosis according to prenatal treatment protocol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2001

R. GILBERT ,
D. DUNN ,
M. WALLON ,
M. HAYDE ,
A. PRUSA ,
M. LEBECH ,
T. KORTBEEK ,
F. PEYRON ,
A. POLLAK  and
E. PETERSEN
R. GILBERT
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
D. DUNN
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
M. WALLON
Affiliation:
Service de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Exotique, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France
M. HAYDE
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, University Childrens' Hospital, Vienna, Austria
A. PRUSA
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, University Childrens' Hospital, Vienna, Austria
M. LEBECH
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Parasitology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, University Hospital of Hvidore, Denmark
T. KORTBEEK
Affiliation:
Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Disease and Perinatal Screening (LIS), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
F. PEYRON
Affiliation:
Service de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Exotique, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France
A. POLLAK
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, University Childrens' Hospital, Vienna, Austria
E. PETERSEN
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Parasitology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Abstract

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We compared the relative risks of mother-to-child transmission of Toxoplasma gondii and clinical manifestations due to congenital toxoplasmosis associated with intensive prenatal treatment in Lyon and Austria, short term treatment in 51% of Dutch women, and no treatment in Danish women. For each cohort, relative risks were standardized for gestation at seroconversion. In total, 856 mother–child pairs were studied: 549 in Lyon, 133 in Austria, 123 in Denmark and 51 in The Netherlands. The relative risk for mother-to-child transmission compared to Lyon was 1·24 (95% CI: 0·88, 1·59) in Austria; 0·59 (0·41, 0·81) in Denmark; and 0·65 (0·37, 1·01) in The Netherlands. Relative risks for clinical manifestations compared with Lyon (adjusted for follow-up to age 3 years) were: Austria 0·19 (0·04, 0·51); Denmark 0·60 (0·13, 1·08); and The Netherlands 1·46 (0·51, 2·72). There was no clear evidence that the risk of transmission or of clinical manifestations was lowest in centres with the most intensive prenatal treatment.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , August 2001 , pp. 113 - 120
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press