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Latest Publications and Research on Toxoplasmosis


Prev. Vet. Med.      

Serological survey and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in cattle from Amazonas, Brazil.

de Azevedo Filho PCG, Ribeiro-Andrade M, Dos Santos JF, Dos Reis AC, de Araújo Valença SRF, Samico Fernandes EFT, Pinheiro Junior JW, Mota RA

Beef cattle farming in the Amazon region has expanded rapidly, but information on herd health is still scanty. The purpose of this study was to determ ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis.   2020 Jan 15   

How to estimate time of infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women. Use of specific IgG and IgM kinetics by 7 techniques on 691 sera.

Fricker-Hidalgo H, Bailly S, Brenier-Pinchart MP, Dard C, Jean D, Coston AL, Garnaud C, Pelloux H

A difficulty when detecting both anti-Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgG and IgM in pregnant women is estimating the date of infection. The aim of this st ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Indian J Med Microbiol      

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India from 2004 to 2014.

Mewara A, Singh S, Khurana S, Gupta P, Sehgal R

This study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in different groups of patients at a tertiary care hos ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Parasitol. Int.   2020 Jan 27   

Comparative ex vivo infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii of human, canine and ovine placenta: Analysis of tissue damage and infection efficiency.

Liempi A, Castillo C, Medina L, Galanti N, Maya JD, Parraguez VH, Kemmerling U

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and Toxoplasma gondii, which is responsible for Toxoplasmosis, are two parasites that cause ... Read More

Source: PubMed
PLoS ONE      

Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from placental tissues of pregnant women who received toxoplasmosis treatment during an outbreak in southern Brazil.

Minuzzi CE, Portella LP, Bräunig P, Sangioni LA, Ludwig A, Ramos LS, Pacheco L, Silva CR, Pacheco FC, Menegolla IA, Farinha LB, Kist PP, Breganó RM, Nino BSL, Cardoso Martins FD, Monica TC, Ferreira FP, Britto I, Signori A, Medici KC, Freire RL, Garcia JL, Navarro IT, Difante CM, Flores Vogel FS

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan that has great genetic diversity and is prevalent worldwide. In 2018, an outbreak of toxoplasmosis occurred in Santa ... Read More

Source: PubMed
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