Sun, Xinyue
Xie, Hongbing
Zhang, Haixia
Li, Zhidan
Qi, Houbao
Yang, Chunyan
Liu, Xianbing
Ren, Liqin
Jiang, Yuzhu
Hu, Xuemei
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81871680)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81672049)
Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong province (No. ts201712066)
Article History
Received: 17 February 2022
Accepted: 29 March 2022
First Online: 3 May 2022
Declarations
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: All experiments and methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The sample collection procedure for this research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Binzhou Medical University (approval number 2017-016-01). A total of 50 enrolled pregnant women, aged 25 to 40 years, were diagnosed with early normal gestation by a professional obstetrician and gynecologist, without any evidence of risk of abortion or any complications or any ongoing medication, also with no existing infection by <i>T. gondii</i> before. These participants underwent abortion procedures voluntarily, and their written informed consent was obtained before commencing the study. Animal experiments were conducted in strict accordance with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of Binzhou Medical University (permit number 2017-009-09).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.