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Background: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), an obligate intracellular parasite

| found in many species throughout the world, causes a variety of clinical syndromes in humans and animals. It is also associated with morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Hence the need to determine the seroprevalence of antibody to

| toxoplasmosis gondii amongst pregnant women.

Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using patients attending the ante-natal clinic of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja. All consenting newly registered ante natal patients were recruited consecutively into the study within a time frame of six weeks during which a total of 179 pregnant participants were recruited. Literate participants filled self administered questionnaires whilst the non-literate participants were interviewed by research| assistants, Five milliliters of blood was collected from each participant afer obtaining …