Knowledge and practices regarding toxoplasmosis in housewives: A cross sectional study in a northern Mexican city.

We aimed to determine the knowledge and practices regarding toxoplasmosis among housewives in the northern Mexican city of Durango. One hundred eighty-five women (mean age: 41.27 ± 12.

Prevalence of Infection Diagnosed by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Female Sex Workers in a Northern Mexican City.

Purpose: We aimed to determine the association between infection and female sex work, and the association between sociodemographic, obstetric, and behavioral characteristics of female sex workers and infection.

Methods: Through a case-control study design, we studied 201 female sex workers and 201 age-matched women without sex work in Durango City, Mexico. DNA was detected in cervical swab samples using polymerase chain reaction.

Human Papillomavirus Infection in Female Sex Workers: A Case Control Study.

Background: To determine the association of infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) and the occupation of female sex worker; and the correlation of infection with HPV with sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of female sex workers.

Methods: We performed a case-control study of 217 female sex workers and 354 women without sex work in Durango City, Mexico. We determined the prevalence of infection with HPV in cervical samples of women using polymerase chain reaction, and HPV genotypes were determined using line probe assay.

Lack of Association between Mannose-binding Lectin 2 Codons 54 and 57 Gene Polymorphisms and Cervicovaginal Infections in Mexican Women.

The mannose-binding lectin (MBL) 2 gene has an important function in the innate immune response and activation of the third pathway of the complement system. Some studies have assessed the association of the MBL2 gene polymorphisms with cervicovaginal infections (CVI); however, there is no information about this association in Mexican women. This study aimed to determine the association between the MBL2 codons 54 and 57 gene polymorphisms with CVI in a sample of Mexican women.

Haplotype analysis of TGF-β1 gene in a preeclamptic population of northern Mexico.

Objective: To determine the frequencies of -800G/A (rs1800468), -509C/T (rs1800469) and 869T/C (rs1800470) polymorphisms and their haplotypes in the TGF-β1 gene and their association with preeclampsia in a population of northern México.

Design And Methods: This case-control study involved 175 preeclamptic and 253 normoevolutive pregnant women. The polymorphisms were genotyped by real time PCR.

[Comparison of the diagnostic utility from visual inspection with acetic acid and cervical cytology].

Background: In Mexico, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death in women after breast cancer. The human papillomavirus is associated with intraepithelial lesions, detected up to 99.7% of cervical carcinomas.