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Knowledge Gaps and Educational Opportunities in Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Narrative Review of Brazilian and Global Perspectives

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Congenital toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the transmission of the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy that can potentially cause severe consequences for the fetus or neonates.
David Richer Araujo Coelho, Rogerio Oliveira da Luz, Catiucia Soares Melegario, W. Vieira, L. Bahia-Oliveira   +4 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis: an in-depth density-equalizing mapping analysis to explore its global research architecture

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, Vanessa Handl, Doris Klingelhöfer, Jenny Jaque, David A Groneberg   +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, Francois Kieffer, Mari Sautter, Tiffany Hosten, Herve Pelloux   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment for congenital toxoplasmosis: finding out what works [PDF]

, 2009
Evidence for the effectiveness of prenatal or postnatal treatment for congenital toxoplasmosis will be critical to guide policy about prenatal and neonatal screening over the next 10 years, let alone the next 100.
Gilbert, R
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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, Devriendt, Bert, Dierick, Katelijne, Dorny, Pierre, Gisbert Algaba, Ignacio, Rahman, Mizanur, Verhaegen, Bavo   +6 more
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[Congenital toxoplasmosis: clinical manifestation, treatment and follow-up] [Article in Italian] • Il neonato con toxoplasmosi congenita: clinica, terapia e follow-up

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 effectors targeting host signaling and transcription [PDF]

, 2017
Early electron microscopy studies revealed the elaborate cellular features that define the unique adaptations of apicomplexan parasites. Among these were bulbous rhoptry (ROP) organelles and small, dense granules (GRAs), both of which are secreted during
Ajioka JA, Andrisani OM, Carruthers VB, Ceravolo IP, Deckert-Schlüter M, Dubey JP, Frenkel JK, Frenkel JK, Gazzinelli R, Gazzinelli RT, Gazzinelli RT, Goebel S, Honoré S, Levine ND, Luder CG, McCabe RE, McLeod R, McLeod R, Morisaki JH, Nash PB, Pfaff AW, Scharton-Kersten TM, Were SR, Yap GS   +23 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis in the United States: clinical and serologic findings in infants born to mothers treated during pregnancy

Parasite, 2019
We assessed clinical and serologic findings in 25 infants with congenital toxoplasmosis born to mothers treated during pregnancy in the United States. Results indicate a lower prevalence of eye findings and hydrocephalus in the group of infants born to ...
T. Olariu, C. Press, J. Talucod, Kjerstie Olson, J. Montoya   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, C. Lejeune, V. Séror, F. Peyron, A. Bertaux, O. Scemama, C. Quantin, S. Béjean, Eileen Stillwaggon, M. Wallon   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Spectrum of Abnormal Tongue Movements: Review of Phenomenology, Etiology, and Differential Diagnosis

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan, Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Christos Ganos, Emily Swinkin, Anthony E. Lang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source