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...

Toxoplasmosis is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and is most often a benign disease. Two populations are at risk of severe disease, immunocompromised such as HIV-infected patients and fetuses or children with toxoplasmosis transmitted from their mothers via placenta. Congenital toxoplasmosis is rare on average, less than one case per 1,000 pregnancies, since mother-to-child transmissio...

Toxoplasma gondii is the cause of toxoplasmosis. More than 60% world's population infected with T. gondii. The prevalence acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women 4.8 per 1000 women. risk fetal infection until 13 weeks gestation about 15% and after that increases reaches 72% at 36 gestation. Fibrinogen one most important phase proteins Physiologically, there an increase blood procoagulant levels (...

The secondary sex ratio (SSR) is affected by many factors, including the concentration of hormones and infection with some pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii. This study aimed to evaluate effect hormone variability concentrations toxoplasmosis on ratio. 150 pregnant women were selected, 60 infected late (LT), early (ET) 30 seronegative toxoplasmosis. After tracking birth outcomes these women, ...

Background: Human toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic infection worldwide which is caused by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T.gondii). The aim of this study was to review briefly the general aspects of toxoplasma infection in   in Iranian health system network. Methods: We searched published toxoplasmosis related articles in English databases including Science Dir...

BACKGROUND The different laboratory methods used in the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis have variable sensitivity and specificity. There is no evidence to prove that maternal treatment reduces the risk of fetal infection. The purpose of this study was to assess methods for the confirmation of congenital toxoplasmosis after maternal treatment with spiramycin during pregnancy, and to evalua...

BACKGROUND Infection with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy can lead to severe illness in the fetus. Many T. gondii infections are preventable by simple hygienic measures. METHODS We surveyed pregnant women in the US to determine their knowledge about toxoplasmosis and their practices to prevent infection. Volunteer obstetricians selected to be demographically representative of the American ...

• 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...

Toxoplasma gondii causes fatal and debilitating brain and eye diseases. Medicines that are currently used to treat toxoplasmosis commonly have toxic side effects and require prolonged courses that range from weeks to more than a year. The need for long treatment durations and the risk of relapsing disease are in part due to the lack of efficacy against T. gondii tissue cysts. The challenges for...