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Toxoplasma gondii is well- known as a common parasite with high proliferative activity in the nucleated cells. This parasite has infected nearly one third of the people worldwide. Infection can result in chorioretinitis in immunocompetent hosts, encephalitis in HIV/AIDS positive patients and abortion and neonatal loss in congenital toxoplasmosis. Development of vaccines for toxoplasmosis infect...

We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in premature infant with optic nerve atrophy severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt the absence cerebral calcifications. A significant risk factor acquisition this infection was mother’s consumption raw deer meat during pregnancy.

congenital cytomegalovirus infection. J. Infect. Dis. 209, 1573–1584. doi:10.1093/ infdis/jiu019 31. Williams, E.J. et al. (2013) Viral infections: contributions to late fetal death, stillbirth, and infant death. J. Pediatr. 163, 424–428. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013. 02.004 32. Lorenzoni, F. et al. (2014) Neonatal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in preterm and small for gestatio...

Recent research suggests that vertical transmission may play an important role in sustaining Toxoplasma gondii infection in some species. We report here that congenital transmission occurs at consistently high levels in pedigree Charollais and outbred sheep flocks sampled over a 3-year period. Overall rates of transmission per pregnancy determined by PCR based diagnosis, were consistent over ti...

UNLABELLED Various neonatal symptoms can lead to a diagnosis of congenital CMV infection. We report two cases of persistent pulmonary hypertension in relation with congenital CMV infection following maternal primary infection and reinfection, respectively. Both infants had severe refractory hypoxemia, requiring high-frequency ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide and inotropic support. One of them ...

toxoplasmosis is a widespread infection in the world. although the infection by toxoplasma gondii is widely prevalent in humans and animals, the disease is uncommon and most of the acquired infections are asymptomatic. the important aspect of this parasitic infection is the probable danger of congenital transmission and its severe effects on the fetus. in the present descriptive study, a total ...

In a prospective study still in progress, infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection were followed with audiological, ophthalmological, neurological, and psychological tests; 10,328 infants were investigated within a 5-year period (1977-1982) by virus isolation in urine within the first week of life. Fifty (0.5%) had a congenital CMV infection. In this group four children turned ou...