The Level of Knowledge about Toxoplasmosis among University Students in Rabat in Morocco
Table 2
Answers to knowledge about the infectious agent and epidemiology, diagnosis, and clinical aspects of toxoplasmosis among university students in Rabat prefecture in Morocco.
Variables
Correct responses, (%)
Medical students ()
Biology students ()
Veterinary student ()
Total ()
The knowledge of agent infection
38 (52.8%)
35 (30.4%)
11 (25.5%)
84 (36.5%)
The knowledge about host definitive
36 (50%)
29 (25.2%)
9 (20.9%)
74 (32.1%)
The main of toxoplasmosis transmission is oral food route
32 (44.4%)
29 (25.2%)
8 (18.6%)
69 (30%)
Undercooked meat
7 (9.8%)
33 (28.6%)
7 (16.2%)
74 (32.1%)
Untreated water
16 (22.2%)
12 (10.4%)
4 (9.3%)
32 (13.9%)
Food product with cat’s feces
33 (45.9%)
32 (27.8%)
12 (27.9%)
77 (33.4%)
Contact direct with cat
35 (48.7%)
29 (25.2%)
12 (27.9%)
76 (33%)
Research of IgG and IgM T. gondii antibodies
30 (41.7%)
29 (25.2%)
9 (20.9%)
68 (29.5%)
Role of IgM T. gondii antibody determination of toxoplasmosis
25 (34.8%)
23 (20%)
7 (16.2%)
55 (23.9%)
Knowledge of avidity test
20 (27.8%)
13 (11.3%)
4 (9.3%)
37 (16%)
Existence of human vaccine toxoplasmosis
13 (18%)
17 (14.7%)
4 (9.3%)
34 (14.7%)
Definition of seroconversion
24 (33.3%)
14 (12.1%)
5 (11.6%)
43 (18.7%)
The knowledge of congenital toxoplasmosis definition
36 (50%)
28 (24.3%)
11 (25.5%)
75 (32.6%)
Most cases of toxoplasmosis are asymptomatic
21 (29.1)
13 (11.3%)
5 (11.6%)
39 (16.9%)
Opportunist disease in immunocompromised persons
31 (43.0%)
2 (1.7%)
8 (18.6%)
61 (26.6%)
The high risk period of transmission in the third trimester of pregnancy
22 (30.6%)
9 (7.8%)
2 (4.6%)
33 (14.3%)
The high gravity period of lesion during the first trimester of pregnancy
