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, 2005 OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between congenital toxoplasmosis and preterm birth, low birthweight and small for gestational age birth. DESIGN: Multicentre prospective cohort study.
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Prenatal education for congenital toxoplasmosis [PDF]
, 2015 Congenital toxoplasmosis is considered a rare but potentially severe infection. Prenatal education about congenital toxoplasmosis could be the most efficient and least harmful intervention, yet its effectiveness is ...
Basevi, Vittorio +6 more
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First Colombian multicentric newborn screening for congenital toxoplasmosis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 AIMS: To determine the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in Colombian newborns from 19 hospital or maternal child health services from seven different cities of five natural geographic regions (Caribbean, Central, Andean, Amazonia and Eastern ...
Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marin +32 more
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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 +4 more
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Why prevent, diagnose and treat congenital toxoplasmosis?
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 Evidence that prevention, diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis is beneficial developed as follows: anti-parasitic agents abrogate Toxoplasma gondiitachyzoite growth, preventing destruction of infected, cultured, mammalian cells and cure active ...
Rima McLeod +4 more
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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Congenital Toxoplasmosis in the United States
Pediatrics, 2017 * Abbreviations: AC/HS — : differential agglutination (test) AF — : amniotic fluid CI — : confidence interval CNS — : central nervous system CSF — : cerebrospinal fluid CT — : congenital toxoplasmosis ELISA — : enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ...
Y. Maldonado, J. Read
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QuilA-adjuvanted T. gondii lysate antigens trigger robust antibody and IFNγ+ T cell responses in pigs leading to reduction in parasite DNA in tissues upon challenge infection [PDF]
, 2019 Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite of all mammals and birds, responsible for toxoplasmosis. In healthy individuals T. gondii infections mostly remain asymptomatic, however this parasite causes severe morbidity and mortality in ...
Cox, Eric +6 more
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The cost-effectiveness of neonatal versus prenatal screening for congenital toxoplasmosis
PLoS ONE, 2019 Background Congenital Toxoplasmosis (CT) can have severe consequences. France, Austria, and Slovenia have prenatal screening programs whereas some other countries are considering universal screening to reduce congenital transmission and severity of ...
C. Binquet +9 more
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Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014 Toxoplamosis is a parasitic zoonosis which occurs worldwide, but is prevalent in Europe, South America and Africa. When infection occurs for the first time during pregnancy, mother to child transmission of the parasite can cause congenital toxoplasmosis.
Lina Bollani, Mauro Stronati
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Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Animal-Friendly Pig Production Systems [PDF]
, 2004 PURPOSE. Consumption of undercooked pork meat products has been considered a major risk factor for contracting toxoplasmosis in humans. Indoor farming and improved hygiene have drastically reduced Toxoplasma infections in pigs over the past decades ...
Cornelissen, Jan +5 more
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