Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Sarcocystis neurona, and S. canis are related protozoans that can cause mortality in many species of domestic and wild animals. Recently, T. gondii and S. neurona were recognized to cause encephalitis in marine mammals. As yet, there is no report of natural exposure of N. caninum in marine mammals. In the present study, antibodies to T. gondii and N. caninum...

The association among anthropogenic environmental disturbance, pathogen pollution and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife has been postulated, but not always well supported by epidemiologic data. Specific evidence of coastal contamination of the marine ecosystem with the zoonotic protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and extensive infection of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris n...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii infection has been associated with psychiatric diseases. However, there is no information about the link between this infection and patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use. METHODS We performed a case-control study with 149 psychiatric patients suffering from mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use ...

BACKGROUND There is accumulating evidence for an increased susceptibility to infection in patients with arthritis. We sought to understand the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in arthritis patients in eastern China, given the paucity of data on the magnitude of T. gondii infection in these patients. METHODS Seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was assessed by enzyme-linked immunos...

BACKGROUND Very little is known about the association between infection with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and diabetes mellitus. We perform an age- and gender-matched case-control study to determine the association of T. gondii infection and diabetes mellitus. METHODS Cases included 156 patients with diabetes mellitus and 156 controls without diabetes mellitus who attended in two public clin...

PURPOSE Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects humans and animals via congenital or postnatal routes, and it is found worldwide. Modulation of the immune system by parasite infection is proposed to suppress allergic inflammation. Growing evidences have shown that interleukin (IL)-10-producing regulatory B cells (B(regs)) and CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ re...

infection by the protozoan parasite toxoplasma gondii, is widespread in humans and many other warm-blooded animals. more than half billion of world human population has serum antibodies to t. gondii and sheep and goats are more widely infected with t. gondii. t. gondii infection can be diagnosed indirectly with serological methods and directly by polymerase chain reaction (pcr), hybridization, ...

infection by toxoplasma gondii is widespread inhumans and many other species of warm-blooded animals. it can cause significant morbidity and mortality in the developing fetus and in immunocompromised individuals,including humans with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) or submitted to cancer chemotherapy.among livestock, sheep and goat are more widely infected with t. gondii. this parasit...

Some symptoms of menopause have also been described in patients with toxoplasmosis. Whether Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection has any influence on clinical manifestations of menopause is yet unknown. We sought to determine whether T. gondii exposure is associated with symptoms and signs of menopause. We performed a cross-sectional study of women attending a public health center in Durango...