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Real-time PCR in the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis

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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Low incidence of toxoplasma infection during pregnancy and in newborns in Sweden [PDF]

, 2001
To estimate the burden of disease due to congenital toxoplasmosis in Sweden the incidence of primary infections during pregnancy and birth prevalence of congenital toxoplasmosis in 40978 children born in two regions in Sweden was determined.
Petersson, K, Wiklund, Sven,, Gilbert, R, Tear-Fahnehjelm, K, Wiklund, S, Evengard, B, Engman, ML, Malm, G, Wiklund, Sven, Forsgren, M, Pettersson, K, Lund University., Ivarsson, SA   +12 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, Sérgio Setúbal, Vania Gloria Silami Lopes, Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho, Solange Artimos de Oliveira   +4 more
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Adverse socioeconomic conditions and oocyst-related factors are associated with congenital toxoplasmosis in a population-based study in Minas Gerais, Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Congenital toxoplasmosis is a public health problem in Brazil. This study aimed to determine risk factors associated with congenital toxoplasmosis in Minas Gerais which is the second largest Brazilian State based on number of inhabitants, and ...
Ericka Viana Machado Carellos, Gláucia Manzan Queiroz de Andrade, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos, José Nélio Januário, Roberta Maia Castro Romanelli, Mery Natali Silva Abreu, Fabiana Maria da Silva, Ivy Rosa Coelho Loures, Juliana Queiroz de Andrade, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, UFMG Congenital Toxoplasmosis Brazilian Group   +10 more
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Electrochemiluminescence Epidemiologic Detection of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pregnant Women With Direct and Indirect Diagnostic Techniques (ELISA Avidity Plus Biochemical Assay), Tehran, Iran [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiologic Research, 2019
Background and aims: Toxoplasmosis is a very common disease in the world and has two types, including chronic and acute toxoplasmosis. In the chronic toxoplasmosis, the abnormality of tissue function is negligible, but in acute toxoplasmosis, the ...
Ehsan Shariat Bahadory, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Somayyeh Namrood, Seyyedeh Somayyeh Mosavipour, Javid Sadraie   +4 more
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Prenatal Treatment for Serious Neurological Sequelae of Congenital Toxoplasmosis: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The effectiveness of prenatal treatment to prevent serious neurological sequelae (SNSD) of congenital toxoplasmosis is not known.Methods and Findings: Congenital toxoplasmosis was prospectively identified by universal prenatal or neonatal ...
Cortina-Borja, M, Prusa, A, M. Paul, Wallon M, R. E. Gilbert, Paul M, Salt Alison, Ruth E Gilbert, Freeman, K, A. Prusa, Katherine Freeman, H. K. Tan, Malm, G, Malm Gunilla, M. Wallon, Hooi Kuan Tan, M. Cortina Borja, V.M. Savasi, Freeman K, Prusa A, European Multicentre Study on Congenital T.o.x.o.p.l.a.s.m.o.s.i.s., Gunilla Malm, Ruth E. Gilbert, Gilbert Ruth E., European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT), Buffolano Wilma, G. Malm, Petersen, E, null null, Buffolano, W, Malm, G,, Salt A, Prusa Andrea, Wallon, M, K. Freeman, Martine Wallon, Salt, A, Petersen E, Wallon Martine, Tan, HK, Paul Malgorzata, Mario Cortina-Borja, Tan Hooi Kuan, Tan HK, Gilbert RE, European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis, Freeman Katherine, Gilbert, RE, Eskild Petersen, W. Buffolano, European Multictr Study Congenital, Cortina-Borja Mario, E. Petersen, Paul, M, Cortina Borja M, Andrea Prusa, Wilma Buffolano, Malm G, BUFFOLANO, WILMA, Malgorzata Paul, A. Salt, Alison Salt, Petersen Eskild   +62 more
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TOKSOPLASMOSIS OKULAR KONGENITAL

JKS (Jurnal Kedokteran Syiah Kuala), 2017
Abstrak. Infeksi toksoplasmosis pada ibu dalam masa kehamilan dapat menyebabkan infeksi kongenital terhadap janin yang akan mengakibatkan  kebutaan pada waktu bayi. Diperkirakan 0,5%-1% wanita hamil di dunia berpotensi terinfeksi kuman Toksoplasma gondii.
Saiful Basri
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Incidence of symptomatic toxoplasma eye disease: aetiology and public health implications. [PDF]

, 1999
Ocular disease is the commonest disabling consequence of toxoplasma infection. Incidence and lifetime risk of ocular symptoms were determined by ascertaining affected patients in a population-based, active reporting study involving ophthalmologists ...
Murray, PI, D. T. DUNN, Parker, S P, Dunn, D T, S. P. PARKER, Dunn, DT, Masters, J, Pavesio, CE, Stanford, MR, P. I. MURRAY, Parker, SP, Lightman, S, Gilbert, RE, S. LIGHTMAN, R. E. GILBERT, P. D. GORMLEY, Gormley, PD, Gormley, P D, C. E. PAVESIO, M. R. STANFORD, J. MASTERS, Pavesio, C E, Gilbert, R E, Murray, P I; id_orcid, Stanford, M R   +24 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, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Edith Angel-Muller, Jorge Rubio, Jaime Arenas, Elkin Osorio, Lilian Nuñez, Lyda Pinzon, Luis Carlos Mendez-Cordoba, Agustin Bustos, Isabel de-la-Hoz, Pedro Silva, Monica Beltran, Leonor Chacon, Martha Marrugo, Cristina Manjarres, Hernando Baquero, Fabiana Lora, Elizabeth Torres, Oscar Elias Zuluaga, Monica Estrada, Lacides Moscote, Myriam Teresa Silva, Raul Rivera, Angie Molina, Shirley Najera, Antonio Sanabria, Maria Luisa Ramirez, Claudia Alarcon, Natalia Restrepo, Alejandra Falla, Tailandia Rodriguez, Giovanny Castaño   +32 more
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Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis among Pregnant Women in Tobruk City, Libya

Tobruk University Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous apicomplexan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in humans and animals. It is one of the most important parasitic infections during pregnancy and may cause severe complications, including fetal death. This study aimed to
Awad A. M. Saad, Abdelsalam F. I. Alawaj, Abdulbasit S. Mukhtar, Elham B. Idreis, Asma M. Mosa, Fatema M. Maemoun, Reem A. Yuonis   +6 more
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