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Congenital Toxoplasmosis [PDF]
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2014 Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It is one of the most common parasitic infections in humans and is most typically asymptomatic. However, primary infection in a pregnant woman can cause severe and disabling disease in the developing fetus.
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Evidence for high levels of vertical transmission in Toxoplasma gondii [PDF]
, 2009 Toxoplasma gondii is a highly ubiquitous and prevalent parasite. Despite the cat being the only definitive host, it is found in almost all geographical areas and warm blooded animals. Three routes of transmission are recognised: ingestion of oocysts shed
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High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts [PDF]
, 2005 Recent research suggests that vertical transmission may play an important role in sustaining Toxoplasma gondii infection in some species. We report here that congenital transmission occurs at consistently high levels in pedigree Charollais and outbred ...
Duncanson, P +6 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Introduction: There is a paucity of data on the occurrence of congenital toxoplasmosis in children born to mothers dually infected with HIV and Toxoplasma gondii.
Flávia Alves Campos +5 more
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Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Using Peptide Membrane Arrays. [PDF]
, 2019 The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cause chronic infections in most warm-blooded animals, including humans. In the USA, strains belonging to four different Toxoplasma clonal lineages (types 1, 2, 3, and 12) are commonly isolated, whereas ...
Arranz-Solís, David +6 more
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Ocular Outcome of Brazilian Patients With Congenital Toxoplasmosis
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Retinochoroiditis is the most frequent manifestation of congenital toxoplasmosis. We aimed to describe the ocular outcome and factors that may influence the visual prognosis of these ...
E. Lago +3 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis transmitted by human immunodeficiency-virus infected women
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 We report the occurrence of congenital toxoplasmosis in three infants born to HIV infected women who had high anti-toxoplasma IgG and negative IgM during pregnancy.
Kátia Martins Lopes de Azevedo +4 more
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Sero-Prevalence and Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Serological screening of pregnant women for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies is not practiced as an antenatal care in Tanzania; and there is a limited data about sero-prevalence of T. gondii infection in developing countries.
Groß, Uwe +7 more
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Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2019 Congenital toxoplasmosis and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) are two devastating clinical entities of the newborn. There is little information in the literature about the interaction between congenital infections and retinal vascular development at the ...
Murat Hasanreisoğlu +4 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis in a Portuguese tertiary hospital – report of 4 cases
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2019 Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, a zoonosis with a worldwide distribution. Congenital toxoplasmosis occurs when a pregnant woman becomes infected during the gestation or when there is reactivation in an ...
Ana Luísa Pinhal +4 more
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