BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is difficult when specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies are absent, or if persist for months, in the newborn infant's blood. OBJECTIVES To study the risk factors of neonatal toxoplasmosis and to compare different immunologic profiles (Toxoplasma-specific IgM, IgA antibodies and the avidity of IgG antibodies) with polymerase chai...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-T. gondii total and IgM antibodies in women of childbearing age. One hundred serum samples of women were studied with age range from 11 to 45 years old. Samples were chosen by random. The determination of total antibodies was carried out through the indirect hemagglutination technique and IgM antibodies by ELISA's technique. The stat...

OBJECTIVE To summarise the evidence that treating toxoplasmosis in pregnancy reduces the risk of congenital toxoplasma infection and improves infant outcomes. DESIGN Systematic review of studies comparing at least two concurrent groups of pregnant women with proved or likely acute toxoplasma infection in which treatments were compared with no treatment and outcomes in the children were report...

Congenital toxoplasmosis can cause miscarriage and neurological and/or eye damage to the fetus. Since Austria and France established the prenatal screening, the prevalence of toxoplasmosis has declined from 50% to 35% and 84% to 44%, respectively. Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, have educational practices to reduce the risk of infection in seronegative pregnant women. In Brazil, pr...

Toxoplasma gondii is a parasitic protozoan which is the cause of toxoplasmosis. Although human toxoplasmosis in healthy adults is usually asymptomatic, serious disease can occur in the case of congenital infections and immunocompromised individuals. Furthermore, despite the exact recognition of its etiology, it still presents a diagnostic problem. Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is mainly based on t...

Congenital toxoplasmosis is a potentially severe infection and its prevention is most often based on serological screening in pregnant women. Many cases could be prevented by simple precautions during pregnancy. Aiming to assess the knowledge about toxoplasmosis among professionals working in antenatal care in a high prevalent region, a questionnaire was administered to 118 obstetric nurses and...

The latex agglutination test for toxoplasmosis was performed on 690 blood samples collected from the Veterans and Bang Bua Thong Hospitals in Bangkok. Blood samples were collected in the first- and the third-trimester from pregnant women and from the cord blood. The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in the first trimester was 13.14%, 13.60%; in the third trimester was 12.21%, 9.43% and in the cor...

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection divided into congenital and acquired forms. In the latter form, malaise, fatigue, and lymphadenopathy are commonly found, and submandibular lymphadenopathy is sometimes a manifestation. In children, cervical lymph nodes usually are affected. This is a case of a 13-year-old boy suffering from acquired toxoplasmosis, in which submandibular lymphadenopathy wa...

Determining acute Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women, due to the risk of congenital toxoplasmosis is of particular interest in Turkey, as well as worldwide. In recent years, a major effort has been made toward improving our ability to diagnose recently acquired infection in the pregnant woman and congenital infection in the fetus and newborn. We now have a number of new methods that ...

• Toxoplasmosis is one of the most globally significant zoonotic diseases. Public health measures are critical but not sufficient to control toxoplasmosis. Several new anti- Toxoplasma chemotherapeutic targets have been identified. New immunotherapies and vaccines for toxoplasmosis promising experimental. Nanotechnologies could improve diagnosis delivery agents. caused by gondii, an apicomplexa...