[Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women in Slovakia].

Toxoplasmosis is caused by a protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Primary infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women can lead to adverse outcomes. Since initially asymptomatic, toxoplasmosis is difficult to diagnose.

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in a healthy population from Slovakia.

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous parasite of warm-blooded animals that causes one of the most common parasitic infections in humans. Toxoplasmosis is not a frequently reported disease and its prevalence is based on regional studies.

Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of T.

[Current prevalence of toxocariasis and other intestinal parasitoses among dogs in Bratislava].

Contamination of public open spaces with dog feces was monitored in five Bratislava districts. Only two of 459 fecal samples collected originated from cats and tested positive for Toxocara cati while the remaining samples were dog feces. Intestinal parasites were detected in 215 (46.

A sewage disposal failure as a cause of ascariasis and giardiasis epidemic in a family.

In monitoring the incidence of intestinal parasites in children and employees of a nursery the authors examined 31 children with 8 (25.81%) and 16 employees with 3 (18.75%) positive results.

Enterobius gregorii--reality or fiction?

Authors present findings based on the actual epidemiologic situation of incidence of E. vermicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) which is till now the uniquely diagnosed parasite of Enterobius species in human population in Slovak Republic. They compared methods used in our laboratories for detection of propagation stages of E.