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Serological Study of IgG and IgM Antibodies to Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Infections in Pregnant Women in Zakho City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq [PDF]

Women’s Health Bulletin, 2019
Background: Toxoplasma gondii and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause a range of diseases in pregnant women and may lead to adverse fetal outcomes. Therefore, the detection of these infections is necessary during pregnancy.
Ibrahim Naqid, Shivan Yousif, Nawfal Hussein   +2 more
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplants From Toxoplasma-Positive Donors: An Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Database Analysis

Transplant International
There is a need to reconsider the acceptance of organs from donors considered suboptimal, in the absence of data. Toxoplasma antibody-positive donors (TPD) constitute one such group.
Lavjay Butani, Daniel Tancredi
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The relation between serum Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibody in children and ADHD and its severity

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2019
AIM: The purpose of our study was to investigate the relation between serum Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in children and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its severity.
İsmail Akaltun, Tayfun Kara, Hamza Ayaydın, Behiye Alyanak, Hayati Beka, Ali Ağaçfidan   +5 more
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Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pregnant Women and Risk Factors of the Disease in Golestan Province, Iran

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: Toxoplasmosis is a common zoonotic disease that is of particular importance in women before and during pregnancy. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women and its ...
Sadegh Shirdel, Mitra Sharbatkhori, Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Yousef Dadimoghadam, Masoud Soosaraie, Shirzad Gholami   +5 more
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Seroprevalence and risk of Toxoplasma gondii reactivation in pediatric patients with hematological malignancies undergoing chemotherapy: A case-control study [PDF]

Archive of Oncology
Background: Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, affects around 40% of the Iranian population and can be severe in vulnerable patients, such as those receiving chemotherapy.
Abdolkarimi Babak, Mahmmodvand Hosein, Beyranvand Neda, Naderi Narges, Amidi Bardia   +4 more
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β-Glucan and parasites

Helminthologia, 2018
Immunosuppression caused by parasitic infections represents the foremost way by which the parasites overcome or escape the host’s immune response. Glucan is a well-established natural immunomodulator with the ability to significantly improve immune ...
Vetvicka V., Fernandez-Botran R.
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Assessing viability and infectivity of foodborne and waterborne stages (cysts/oocysts) of Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Toxoplasma gondii: a review of methods

Parasite, 2018
Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii are protozoan parasites that have been highlighted as emerging foodborne pathogens by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
Rousseau Angélique, La Carbona Stéphanie, Dumètre Aurélien, Robertson Lucy J., Gargala Gilles, Escotte-Binet Sandie, Favennec Loïc, Villena Isabelle, Gérard Cédric, Aubert Dominique   +9 more
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Estandarización de una prueba de inmunofluorescencia indirecta para IgG anti-Toxoplasma en ratón

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2001
Se describe una técnica de inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFI) para la detección de IgG anti-Toxoplasma en ratón. La técnica reveló infecciones en el ratón a partir de inoculaciones de 10 taquizoitos de Toxoplasma gondii.
Miriam Consuelo López, Augusto Corredor, Patricia Reyes, Alejandro Giraldo, Dora Fonseca, Jorge Enrique Gómez   +5 more
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The Seroprevalence of Anti-Toxoplasma Gondii IgG and IgM Antibodies in Serum Samples Referred to Educational Hospitals of Abadan [PDF]

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate apicomplexan parasite and it is stated that one-third of the world population are seropositive for the antibodies against the parasite.
Shahrzad Soltani, Hadi Moghaddam, Maghsoudi Fatemeh, Sanaz Tavakoli   +3 more
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Toxoplasma gondii: CD8 T Cells Cry for CD4 Help

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan parasite, is a pathogenic protozoan that can infect the central nervous system. In pregnant women, infection can result in congenital problems of the fetus, while in immunocompromised individual it can lead to severe ...
Imtiaz A. Khan, SuJin Hwang, Magali Moretto   +2 more
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