El estudio buscó determinar la presencia de los agentes infecciosos causantes toxoplasmosis, brucelosis y leptospirosis empleando técnica molecular PCR convencional en felinos domésticos silvestres, así como el personal relacionado con cuidado manejo estos animales ciudad Pereira, Risaralda (Colombia). Se tomaron muestras sangre (n=99) silvestres cautiverio (n=4) del responsable su (médicos vet...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis caused by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a global epidemic parasitic disease. DNA vaccines play an important role in preventing the spread of toxoplasmosis. SAG family genes encoding particular surface proteins of T. gondii are the best candidates of DNA vaccine. As a member of SAG family genes, SAG5 gene has been proved to have better antig...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasmosis is considered one of the most common cerebral opportunistic infections in HIV-AIDS patients. It develops when CD4 count falls below 100 cells/cmm, either from acute exposure to the parasite or from reactivation of latent infection. These patients may also develop extra-cerebral toxoplasmosis such as...

Sir, In their review of acquired toxoplasmosis in children, McNicholl and Flynn (Archives, 1978, 53, 414) suggest the use of sulphadimidine and pyrimethamine for treatment of generalised toxoplasmosis. We report a child with generalised toxoplasmosis who had a dramatic recovery after treatment with co-trimoxazole. An 1 1i-year-old girl presented to the hospital with an 8-week history of weight ...

toxoplasma gondii as a protozoan parasite is the etiologic agent of toxoplasmosis. although t. gondii infection in healthy adults is asymptomatic; however, primary infection during pregnancy can cause severe complication such as fetus death and abortion, anatomical and mental malformation and ocular toxoplasmosis. it can be life threatening for immunocompromised person including cerebral absces...

background: toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease with high seroprevalence worldwide. several immunological methods have been described for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis. objective: to determine the parasitemia period in patients infected with toxoplasma using pcr and comparing serological data with molecular results. methods: 154 serum samples from patients with toxoplasmosis were examined. presenc...

background: toxoplasmosis is a world wide parasitic disease infecting human by oocyst, tissue cyst or tachyzoites in raw meat, water or congenitally during pregnancy. toxoplasmosis can cause abortion in pregnant women. the current seroepidemiological study was designed to assess toxoplasmosis in pregnant women with or without the history of abortion. methods: in a case–control study the antibod...

Helicobacter pylori and latent toxoplasmosis are widespread diseases that have been associated with cognitive deficits and Alzheimer's disease. We sought to determine whether interactions between Helicobacter pylori and latent toxoplasmosis, age, race-ethnicity, educational attainment, economic status, and general health predict cognitive function in young and middle-aged adults. To do so, we u...

Background Toxoplasmosis is an infection that affects almost a third of the world population. In adults, it is often asymptomatic, although having important manifestation in children- infected by placental transmission. The prenatal is an important moment, requiring actions in women's care during pregnancy, in order to prevent diseases that could compromise the mother and the child's life. Me...

Untreated acute toxoplasmosis among pregnant women can lead to serious sequelae among newborns, including neurological impairment and blindness. In Brazil, the risk of congenital toxoplasmosis (CTox) has not been fully evaluated. Our aim was to evaluate trends in acute toxoplasmosis prevalence from 1998-2005, the incidence of CTox and the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). A cross-sec...