[Potential risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in cases with recently acquired toxoplasmosis].

Investigation of potential risk factors for T. gondii infection was performed in 31 cases with a recently acquired toxoplasmosis in comparison with 34 seronegative patients as a control group. Epidemiological study was performed according to a questionnaire elaborated by European Research Network on Congenital Toxoplasmosis. Essential risk factors for toxoplasmosis in examined population were: consumption of raw pork (p < 0.00001), raw meat tasting during meal preparation (p < 0.00001), eating salami (p = 0.03), professional contact with meat (p = 0.02) and drinking milk (p = 0.02) or untreated water (p = 0.01). In seronegative controls more common were university education (p = 0.001), washing hands after handling raw meat (p = 0.04) and washing fruit and vegetables (p = 0.03).