Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis and typing of Toxoplasma gondii

Q Liu, ZD Wang, SY Huang, XQ Zhu - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Toxoplasmosis, caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is an
important zoonosis with medical and veterinary importance worldwide. The disease is …

Foodborne transmission of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the last decade. An overview

S Almeria, JP Dubey - Research in veterinary science, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease of global distribution and importance. It is caused by
the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the only species in the Toxoplasma genus. This …

Prevalence, incidence estimations and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Germany: a representative, cross-sectional, serological study

H Wilking, M Thamm, K Stark, T Aebischer, F Seeber - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Representative data on the extent of endemicity, burden and risk of human toxoplasmosis
are scarce. We assessed the prevalence and determinants of seropositivity of Toxoplasma …

Drug Resistance in Toxoplasma gondii

M Montazeri, S Mehrzadi, M Sharif, S Sarvi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a global protozoan parasite infecting up to one-third of the
world population. Pyrimethamine (PYR) and sulfadiazine (SDZ) are the most widely used …

[HTML][HTML] Serological diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection: recommendations from the French National Reference Center for Toxoplasmosis

O Villard, B Cimon, C L'ollivier… - … and Infectious Disease, 2016 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis manifests no clinical signs in 80% of cases in immunocompetent patient,
causing immunization characterized by the persistence of cysts, particularly in brain …

An updated literature review on maternal-fetal and reproductive disorders of Toxoplasma gondii infection

S Fallahi, A Rostami, MN Shiadeh, H Behniafar… - Journal of gynecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Toxoplasma gondii infection is one of the most prevalent infectious disease with
worldwide distribution. Congenital toxoplasmosis is annually responsible for 1.20 million …

Laboratory diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis

C Pomares, JG Montoya - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent studies have demonstrated that screening and treatment for toxoplasmosis during
gestation result in a decrease of vertical transmission and clinical sequelae. Early treatment …

Functional and computational genomics reveal unprecedented flexibility in stage-specific Toxoplasma metabolism

A Krishnan, J Kloehn, M Lunghi, A Chiappino-Pepe… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
To survive and proliferate in diverse host environments with varying nutrient availability, the
obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii reprograms its metabolism. We have …

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Medicines in Humans

HX Wei, SS Wei, DS Lindsay, HJ Peng - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
No effective drug and definitive “gold standard” treatment for Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii)
infection has been available so far, though some medicines have been commonly used in …

Congenital toxoplasmosis in Austria: Prenatal screening for prevention is cost-saving

AR Prusa, DC Kasper, L Sawers, E Walter… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Primary infection of Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy can be transmitted to
the unborn child and may have serious consequences, including retinochoroiditis …