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Ocular toxoplasmosis: an update and review of the literature [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. The infection can be acquired congenitally or postnatally and ocular lesions may present during or years after the acute infection occur.
Alessandra G Commodaro, Rubens N Belfort, Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Cristina Muccioli, Claudio Silveira, Miguel N Burnier Jr, Rubens Belfort Jr   +6 more
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Toxoplasmosis and its Ocular Manifestations

Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2014
The present review provides general information about the parasitic infection of toxoplasmosis and describes the ways of its transmission. It outlines the importance of the consequences of toxoplasmosis infection and the methods of its prevention.
Koev Kr.
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La Toxoplasmosis ocular.

Ciencia & Salud, 2022
La Toxoplasmosis Ocular es una enfermedad infecciosa coriorretiniana provocada por el parásito Toxoplasma gondii. El ciclo de vida del Toxoplasma gondii tiene 3 formas infecciosas; los ooquistes, los taquizoítos y los bradizoítos. La infección puede ser
Daniel Leiva Rojas, Braulio Zuñiga Alemán, Graciela Aguilar Palacios, Jorge Suárez Gordillo, Jose Andrés Rojas Jara   +4 more
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Serological IgG avidity test for ocular toxoplasmosis

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012
Subramaniam Suresh1, Saidin Nor-Masniwati1, Muhd Nor Nor-Idahriani1, Wan-Hitam Wan-Hazabbah1, Mohamed Zeehaida2, Embong Zunaina11Department of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti ...
Suresh S, Nor-Masniwati S, Nor-Idahriani MN, Wan-Hazabbah WH, Zeehaida M, Zunaina E   +5 more
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Ocular toxoplasmosis: the influence of patient age [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
The influence of patient age on various features of ocular toxoplasmosis has been a subject of study for many years. The age at which Toxoplasma gondii infection occurs in different populations is related to socioeconomic factors and studies suggest that
Gary N Holland
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OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS [PDF]

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2002
Background. Ocular toxoplasmosis is one of the important causes of severe visual loss in young otherwise healthy people. Diagnosis is clinical, supported by laboratory tests.
Aleksandra Kraut, Branka Stirn-Kranjc, Nataša Vidovič-Valentinčič   +2 more
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Immunological studies of chronic ocular toxoplasmosis : up-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I and transforming growth factor beta and a protective role for interleukin-6 [PDF]

, 2001
A murine model was used to characterize the local immune and inflammatory response during ocular toxoplasmosis. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, normally expressed at low levels in immune-privileged sites such as the eye, was up-regulated ...
Ferguson, D. J. P., Roberts, C. W., N. Byrne, Anthony, J.P., D. J. P. Ferguson, Lyons, R., R. E. Lyons, Roberts, F., Anthony, J. P., C. W. Roberts, Roberts, C.W., Alexander, J., J. Alexander, Lyons, R. E., Byrne, N., J. P. Anthony, Ferguson, D.J.P., F. Roberts   +17 more
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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, Ruth Gilbert, Gilbert, Ruth
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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, Bahia-Oliveira Lilian M. G., Bahia-Oliveira, LM, Wallon M, Martine Wallon, Lilian M G Bahia-Oliveira, Petersen E, Miles R Stanford, Wallon Martine, Stanford MR, Ruth E Gilbert, Tan, HK, Freeman, K, Katherine Freeman, Stanford Miles R., Lago, EG, Lago EG, Hooi Kuan Tan, Stanford, MR, Tan Hooi Kuan, Freeman K, Gilbert RE, Tan HK, European Multicentre Study on Congenital T.o.x.o.p.l.a.s.m.o.s.i.s., Freeman Katherine, Gilbert, RE, Eskild Petersen, Gilbert Ruth E., European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT), Buffolano Wilma, Wilma Buffolano, Petersen, E, Lago Eleonor G., BUFFOLANO, WILMA, Eleonor G Lago, Buffolano, W, Wallon, M, Petersen Eskild   +37 more
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Primary ocular toxoplasmosis secondary to venison consumption

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: To describe primary ocular toxoplasmosis infection related to ingestion of undercooked venison. Observations: This single site, retrospective case series reviewed 4 patients with primary ocular toxoplasmosis that was acquired by ingesting ...
James M. Kohler, Danny A. Mammo, Steven R. Bennett, John B. Davies   +3 more
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