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Establishment of a murine model of congenital toxoplasmosis and validation of a qPCR assay to assess the parasite load in maternal and fetal tissues [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, a disease that affects warm-blooded animals and one third of the human population worldwide.
Jéssica S. Souza, Priscila S. G. Farani, Priscila S. G. Farani, Beatriz I. S. Ferreira, Helene S. Barbosa, Rubem F. S. Menna-Barreto, Otacilio C. Moreira, Rafael M. Mariante   +7 more
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Maternal and congenital toxoplasmosis in Mayotte: Prevalence, incidence and management. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundToxoplasmosis is an infection caused by an intracellular protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. It is usually asymptomatic, but toxoplasmosis acquired during pregnancy can cause congenital toxoplasmosis, potentially resulting in fetal damage ...
Laure Kamus, Sophie Belec, Laurent Lambrecht, Soumeth Abasse, Sophie Olivier, Patrice Combe, Pierre-Emmanuel Bonnave, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous   +7 more
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Real-time PCR in the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
The diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis presents limitations and therefore new options are necessary. The analysis of amniotic fluid by real-time PCR has already proved effective for confirmation of fetal infection.
Bianca Balzano De La Fuente Villar, Leonardo Henrique Ferreira Gomes, Elyzabeth Avvad Portari, Carla Nasser Patrocinio Ramos, Danielle Nascimento Rocha, José Paulo Pereira, Elizabeth de Souza Neves, Letícia da Cunha Guida   +7 more
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Early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis in newborn infants using IgG subclasses against two Toxoplasma gondii recombinant proteins [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
The aim of this work was to evaluate the utility of ELISA-based testing of total IgG (IgGt) antibodies and its subclasses (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4) against soluble (STAg) and recombinant (rSAG1 and rMIC3) antigens of Toxoplasma gondii for diagnosing ...
Carlos Henryque de Souza e Silva, Gláucia Queiroz de Andrade, José Nélio Januário, Ana Carolina de Aguiar Vasconcelos Carneiro, Mariangela Carneiro, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos, Ricardo Wagner de Almeida Vitor   +6 more
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Digital Narratives: The Impact of Instagram^® on Mothers of Children with Congenital Toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Children
Background: Congenital toxoplasmosis leads to severe complications in childhood and presents significant global health challenges. In Brazil, the prevalence of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy and congenital cases ranges from 0.3 to 8 per 1000 live births.
Gabrielle Gonçalves Veloso, Giovanna Cristina Machado-Kayzuka, Rhyquelle Rhibna Neris, Ana Carolina Andrade Biaggi Leite, Nayara Gonçalves Barbosa, Heloísa Cristina Figueiredo Frizzo, Gabrielle Vedoveto Escaliante, Adriana Moraes Leite, Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato, Poliane da Silva Santos, Flávia Gomes-Sponholz, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento   +11 more
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Microcephaly Resulting From Congenital Toxoplasmosis: What the Radiologist can Expect to See? A Case Report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Microcephaly is defined as an occipitofrontal head circumference two standard deviations (2SD) below average for age and sex, with severe microcephaly below three standard deviations (3SD).
Marrakchi Salma, MD, El Graini Soumia, MD, Hadj Hsain Ihssan, MD, Allali Nazik, phD, Chat Latifa, phD, El Haddad Siham, phD   +5 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis: an in-depth density-equalizing mapping analysis to explore its global research architecture [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Toxoplasmosis endangers the unborn child if its infectious agent - toxoplasma gondii - is transmitted transplacentally during pregnancy. Although this condition occurs in all parts of the world and represents a major public health burden, no ...
Dörthe Brüggmann, Vanessa Handl, Doris Klingelhöfer, Jenny Jaque, David A Groneberg   +4 more
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First description of congenital toxoplasmosis after maternal coinfection with Toxoplasma gondii and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Congenital toxoplasmosis can be associated with serious clinical consequences from fetus to adulthood. Hence, early detection is required to minimize severe sequelae through appropriate therapy.
Vu Thao-Vi Dao, Anastasia Anagnostou, Rolf Schlösser, Ulrich Rochwalsky, Uwe Groß, Sebastian Hoehl, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Silke Besier   +7 more
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Discrimination between patients with acquired toxoplasmosis and congenital toxoplasmosis on the basis of the immune response to parasite antigens [PDF]

, 2000
Many persons infected with Toxoplasma gondii develop ocular lesions, Immunologic parameters in the response to I gondii were evaluated in infected persons with and without ocular lesions and in noninfected controls.
Belfort, Rubens Junior, Cunha-Neto, E., Gazzinelli, R. T., Kalil, J., Nussenblatt, R. B., Rizzo, L. V., Silveira, Claudio Alberto Magalhaes, Vallochi, A. L., Yamamoto, J. H.   +8 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis in infants from chronically infected mothers: report of two cases [PDF]

Revista Paulista de Pediatria
Objective: To describe two severe cases of congenital toxoplasmosis in infants born to chronically infected mothers who did not receive education or information on the prevention of gestational toxoplasmosis during prenatal care.
Roberta Rassi Almeida, Geovana Batista de Campos, Ana Maria Castro   +2 more
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