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Ocular sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil compared with Europe [PDF]

, 2008
Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis appears to be more severe in Brazil, where it is a leading cause of blindness, than in Europe, but direct comparisons are lacking.
Bahia-Oliveira, LM, Buffolano, W, European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT),, Freeman, K, Gilbert, RE, Lago, EG, Petersen, E, Stanford, MR, Tan, HK, Wallon, M   +9 more
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Acute pancreatitis due to methanol toxicity during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Acute methanol poisoning may be associated with a variety of symptoms, such as abdominal pain, blurred vision, loss of consciousness, and acute pancreatitis.
Mahdieh Sadeghi, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Rabeeh Tabaripour, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Hossien Azadeh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2020
Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable number of mammalian and avian species and a substantial proportion of the world’s human population.
H. Elsheikha, C. Marra, Xing-Quan Zhu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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 ...
Dunn, DT, Gilbert, RE, Gormley, PD, Lightman, S, Masters, J, Murray, PI, Parker, SP, Pavesio, CE, Stanford, MR   +8 more
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Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in Iranian women and risk factors of the disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017
Background Toxoplasmosis is caused by an intracellular obligatory parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and it has global distribution. The purposes of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to evaluate the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in Iranian ...
Azadeh Mizani, Abbas Alipour, Mehdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Afsaneh Amouei, Azar Shokri, Mohammad-Taghi Rahimi, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Ahmad Daryani   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The global serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in felids during the last five decades (1967–2017): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Felids (domestic and wild cats) are important in the epidemiology of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii because they are the only hosts that can excrete the environmentally resistant oocysts.
Mahbobeh Montazeri, Tahereh Mikaeili Galeh, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Samira Dodangeh, Javad Javidnia, Mehdi Sharif, Ahmad Daryani   +7 more
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Is There Any Relationship between Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Male Urethritis Risk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background. Male urethritis is one of the most common genital tract syndromes. Though the number of patients with urethritis is increasing worldwide, the cause of many cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) is still unknown. Objectives.
Hajar Ziaei Hezarjaribi, Reza Saberi, Mahdi Fakhar, Najmeh Sadeghian   +3 more
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Postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of infectious posterior uveitis worldwide. It can be prenatal or postnatal in origin. Despite estimations that postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis is more prevalent, only several cases of proven ...
Olivera Lijeskić, Tijana Štajner, Jelena Srbljanović, Aleksandra Radosavljević, Branko Bobić, Ivana Klun, Anka Stanojević-Paović, Olgica Djurković-Djaković   +7 more
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Toxoplasmosis: Current and Emerging Parasite Druggable Targets

Microorganisms, 2021
Toxoplasmosis is a prevalent disease affecting a wide range of hosts including approximately one-third of the human population. It is caused by the sporozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T.
Rana El Hajj, L. Tawk, Shaymaa Itani, Maguy Hamie, Jana Ezzeddine, Marwan El Sabban, Hiba El Hajj   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sero-Prevalence and Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Serological screening of pregnant women for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies is not practiced as an antenatal care in Tanzania; and there is a limited data about sero-prevalence of T. gondii infection in developing countries.
Groß, Uwe, Kidenya, Benson R, Majinge, Charles, Massinde, Anthony N, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Michael, Denna, Mshana, Stephen E, Mwambe, Berno   +7 more
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