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Implications of TORCH Diseases in Retinal Development—Special Focus on Congenital Toxoplasmosis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
There are certain critical periods during pregnancy when the fetus is at high risk for exposure to teratogens. Some microorganisms, including Toxoplasma gondii, are known to exhibit teratogenic effects, interfering with fetal development and causing ...
Viviane Souza de Campos, K. C. Calaza, Daniel Adesse   +2 more
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Effects of Congenital Ocular Toxoplasmosis on Peripheral Retinal Vascular Development in Premature Infants at Low Risk for Retinopathy of Prematurity

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, Şengül Özdek, Gökçen Deniz Gülpınar İkiz, Zeynep Aktaş, Tuba Atalay   +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, Marta Grilo, Marina Moucho, Rita Valente, Hercília Guimarães   +4 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.
Engman, ML, Evengård, B, Forsgren, M, Gilbert, R, Ivarsson, SA, Lund University., Malm, G, Pettersson, K, Teär-Fahnehjelm, K, Wiklund, Sven,   +9 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, M. Endres, M. Scheeren, H. Fiori   +3 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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Determinants of response to a parent questionnaire about development and behaviour in 3 year olds: European multicentre study of congenital toxoplasmosis. [PDF]

, 2005
Background: We aimed to determine how response to a parent-completed postal questionnaire measuring development, behaviour, impairment, and parental concerns and anxiety, varies in different European centres.
A Heiser, A Prusa, A Salt, AW Gottfried, B Oliver, CM Stott, D Schmidt, D Zelterman, DC Eisert, FL Goodenough, FP Glascoe, FP Glascoe, G Malm, H Klasen, H Smedje, HK Tan, JP Mackenbach, K Freeman, K Saudino, K Sonnander, KB Doig, KE Beery, L Dinnebeil, LM Pachter, N Ferret, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)., P Edwards, PS Dale, R Gilbert, R Goodman, R Goodman, R Griffiths, RE Gilbert, RT Anderson, S Johnson, SA Petrill, TM Marteau, TV Perneger, W Buffolano, W Tin   +39 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, Commodaro, Alessandra G, Cordeiro, Cynthia, Dardé, Marie Laure, Grigg, Michael E, Saeij, Jeroen PJ, Young, Lucy H   +6 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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Vaccines against toxoplasma gondii : challenges and opportunities [PDF]

, 2009
Development of vaccines against Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans is of high priority, given the high burden of disease in some areas of the world like South America, and the lack of effective drugs with few adverse effects.
Aliberti J, Angus CW, Aosai F, Aosai F, Awan KJ, Beghetto E, Bommireddy R, Bonenfant C, Boyle JP, Brinkmann V, Buxton D, Bülow R, Caetano BC, Conacher M, Cong H, Cong H, Constant SL, Couper KN, Craig W Roberts, Cui YL, Cuppari AF, Curtsinger JM, Curtsinger JM, Cutchins EC, Darcy F, Dautu G, Debard N, Debierre-Grockiego F, DeGregorio E, Denkers EY, Desolme B, Duquesne V, Echeverria PC, Elisabeth Förster-Waldl, Erik Jongert, Escajadillo A, Eskild Petersen, Fachado A, Fachado A, Flori P, Fox B, Frenkel JK, Garcia JL, Garcia JL, Gatkowska J, Gazzinelli R, Gazzinelli RT, Golkar M, Hakim FT, Igarashi M, Innes EA, Ishii K, Ishii KJ, Ismael AB, Ismael AB, Johnson LL, Jongert E, Jongert E, Jongert E, Kasper LH, Khan IA, Kijlstra A, Kodjikian L, Krahenbuhl JL, Kringel H, Letscher-Bru V, Letscher-Bru V, Leyva R, Lindsay DS, Liu Q, Lourenco EV, Lourenço EV, Martin V, McLeod R, Mishima M, Mishima M, Mohamed RM, Mévélec MN, Mévélec MN, Nicola Gargano, Nielsen HV, Nielsen HV, Petersen E, Petrovsky N, Pettersen EK, Pfefferkorn ER, Qu D, Reikvam A, Roque-Resendiz JL, Sabin AB, Sayles PC, Schaap D, Scorza T, Siachoque H, Sibley LD, Silveira C, Stanley AC, Stockinger B, Supply P, Taneja V, Vandepapelierea P, Velge-Roussel F, Velge-Roussel F, Vercammen M, Vogel N, Vyas JM, Waldeland H, Wang H, Wilkins MF, Williams MA, Xue M, Xue M, Yang CD, Yarovinsky F, Zenner L, Zhang G, Zhang J, Zimmermann S   +117 more
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