Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy

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  • Pakseresht, Sedigheh Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Abstract:

این عفونت ناشی از توکسو پلاسموگندی که یک انگل تک یاخته درون سلولی است بوجود می آید. عفونت توکسو پلاسما در طبیعت همه جاگیر بوده و یکی از شایعترین عفونتهای نهفته در انسان بشمار می رود. این عفونت در حاملگی نادر نیست و می تواند بطور قابل ملاحظه ای به جنین نیز منتقل گردد.

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volume 7  issue 2

pages  30- 35

publication date 1997-11

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