Toxoplasmosis is a major and preventable cause of severe visual handicap and blindness in young people. Congenital toxoplasmosis, as well as toxoplasmosis in immuno-compromised patients, is a serious, sometimes fatal disease. I 2 Toxoplasmic encephalitis has gained importance as a leading cause of AIDS related mortality. Toxoplasma gondii, the aetiological agent of human and animal toxoplasmosi...

Forty patients with cataracts, as well as 40 patients with proven ocular toxoplasmosis were enrolled in this prospective clinical study. Serum IgG and aqueous IgG in both groups were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the corresponding ratios were calculated. Serum IgG/aqueous humor IgG ratio was less than 100 in the patient group and more than 100 in the control gro...

Evidence that prevention, diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis is beneficial developed as follows: anti-parasitic agents abrogate Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite growth, preventing destruction of infected, cultured, mammalian cells and cure active infections in experimental animals, including primates. They treat active infections in persons who are immune-compromised, limit destruction of ret...