background: serological assay based on dense granular (gra) proteins of toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) is actually the most popular laboratory diagnostic tool to detection of toxoplasmosis. we aimed to construct a recombinant gra7-ptz57rt plasmid vectors that it is suitable for sub-cloning and gra7 protein production. m aterials and methods: souris mice were used for maintaining of t. gondii tac...

background: toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan toxoplasma gondii. the aim of this study was investigate the prevalence of toxoplasmosis among young women who referred to check up for toxoplasmosis attended in shahid beheshti hospital, hamadan during 2013-2014. m aterials and methods: this study was performed on 2523 pregnant women who referred to laboratory of shahid b...

A 44-year-old woman presented to our clinic with reduced vision in the right eye for two weeks. Visual acuity was 4/10 in the right eye. A swelling optic disc, vascular attenuation in the optic nerve head, a few splinter hemorrhages around the optic disc, and moderate vitritis were detected in the right eye. The left eye was normal. She had a diabetes mellitus (DM) history for five years. Serum...

Objectives: The demonstration of the serological test importance in the diagnosis of the Congenital Toxoplasmosis. The Method: The serological test was performed through the micro enzymatic immunology technique, on a lot of 87, new born suckling babies. Along with the laboratory investigations the babies were also clinical, oftalmological and neuron-imagistic examined. Results: The diagnosis of...

Toxoplasmosis is a rare but often fatal complication that occurs after patients undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. At our institution, toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in 8 of 301 patients who received stem cell transplants. Disseminated toxoplasmosis with a rapid fatal course was observed in 2 patients. Six patients had cerebral toxoplasmosis diagnosed on the basis of neurologic...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis, one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide, can induce various hormonal and behavioural alterations in infected hosts, and its most common form, latent toxoplasmosis, influences the course of pregnancy. Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) belong to the well-defined risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ther...