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. 2014 Jun 11;5:291. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00291

Table 3.

Association between demographic profiles of pregnant women from each country with their preventive knowledge and preventive behavior on Toxoplasmosis.

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Significant association were tested by chi-square, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. P1 to P7 are the preventive knowledge on ways to avoid toxoplasmosis. P1: Feeding your cat dry or commercial cat food and not letting it kill and eat rodents. P2: Avoiding stray cats. P3: Letting someone else change the cat's litter box. P4: Making sure the cat's litter box is changed daily. P5: Toxoplasmosis can be prevented by cooking meat well until no pink is seen and the juices run clear. P6: Toxoplasmosis can be prevented by thoroughly washing and/or peeling all fruits and vegetables before eating them. P7: Toxoplasmosis can be prevented by cleaning all cutting boards and utensils thoroughly after each use. B1 to B5 denotes the preventive behaviors of the pregnant women since becoming pregnant. B1: Do you routinely wash your hands after gardening? B2: Do you routinely wash your hands after changing cat litter? B3: Do you routinely wash your hands after handling raw meat? B4: Do you routinely wash your hands before eating food? B5: Do you eat raw meat?