Risk factors of toxoplasmosis in childhood;Factores de riesgo de toxoplasmosis en el nino

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 224-229

  Del Castillo, Fernando ^a,b   Herruzo, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childhood; Prevalence; Risk factors; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VEGETABLES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031865352     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. McLeod R, Wisner J, Boyer K. Toxoplasmosis. En: Krugman S, Katz SL, Gershon AA, Wilfert CM, editores. Infectious disease of children. St. Louis: Mosby Year Book, 1992; 518-550.
2. McCabe RE, Brooks RG, Dorfman RF, Remington JS. Clinical spectrum in 107 cases of toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy. Rev Infect Dis 1987; 9: 754-774.
3. Hunter CA, Remington JS. Immunopathogenesis of toxoplasmic encephalitis. J Infect Dis 1994; 170: 1.057-1.067.
4. Acebes MV, Díez B, Cisterna R. Toxoplasma gondii. Un reto para los noventa. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1993; 11: 347-351.
5. Wong SY, Remington JS. Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 18: 853-862.
6. Pumarola A. Epidemiología de la toxoplasmosis. Med Clin (Barc) 1972; 58: 175-180.
7. Frenkel JK. Breaking the transmission chain of toxoplasma: a program for the prevention of human toxoplasmosis. Bull NY Acad Med 1974; 50: 228-239.
8. Wallace GD, Marshall L, Marshall M. Cats, rats, and toxoplasmosis on a small Pacific island. Am J Epidemiol 1972; 95: 475-482.
9. Frenkel JK. Toxoplasmosis. Clin Pediatr North Am 1985; 4: 953-968.
10. Broadbent EJ, Ross R, Hurley R. Screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy. J Clin Pathol 1981; 34: 659-664.
11. Huldt G, Lagercrantz R, Sheehe PR. On the epidemiology of human toxoplasmosis in Scandinavia specially in children. Acta Paediatr Scand 1979; 68: 745-749.
12. DiGiacomo RF, Harris NV, Huber NL, Cooney MK. Animal exposures and antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in a university population. Am J Epidemiol 1990; 131: 729-733.
13. Mainar RC, De la Cruz C, Asensio A, Domínguez L, Vázquez Boland JA. Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in small ruminants of the Madrid region, Spain, and identification of factors influencing seropositivity by multivariate analysis. Vet Res Commun 1996; 20: 153-159.
14. Wallace GD. Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from feces of naturally infected cats. J Infect Dis 1971; 124: 227-228.
15. Dubey JP. Feline toxoplasmosis and coccidiosis: a survey of domiciled and stray cat. J Am Vet Med Ass 1973; 162: 873-877.
16. Pereira LH, Staudt M, Tanner CE, Embil JA. Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii and cat ownership in Nova Scotia. Pediatrics 1992; 89: 1.169-1.172.
17. Frenkel JK, Ruiz A. Endemicity of toxoplasmosis in Costa Rica. Transmission between cats, soil, intermediate hosts and humans. Am J Epidemiol 1981; 113: 254-269.
18. Ruiz A, Frenkel JK. Toxoplasma gondii in Costa Rica cats. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1980; 29: 1.150-1.160.
19. Stagno S, Dykes AC, Amos CS, Head RA, Juranek DD, Wall KW. An outbreak of toxoplasmosis linked to cats. Pediatrics 1980; 65: 706-712.
20. Abdel-Hameed AA. Sero-epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Gezira-Sudan. J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 94: 329-332.
21. Leogrande G. Studies on the epidemiology of child infections in the Bari area (South Italy). V. Epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infections. Microbiologica 1992; 15: 237-242.
22. Goldsmith RS, Kagan IG, Zarate R, Reyes González MA, Cenedo J. Low Toxoplasma antibody prevalence in serologic surveys of humans in southern Mexico. Arch Invest Med (Mex) 1991; 22: 63-73.
23. Moschen ME, Stroffolini T, Arista S, Pistoia D, Giammanco A, Azara A et al. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies among children and teenegers in Italy. Microbiologica 1991; 14: 229-234.
24. Cour MI, López Bartolomé O, García-Lerín MC, Ferro A, Martín M, Hernández JC et al. Brote de toxoplasmosis. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1988; 6: 330-331.
25. Masur H, Jones TC, Lempert JA, Cherubini TD. Outbreak of toxoplasmosis in a family and documentation of acquired retinochoroiditis. Am J Med 1978; 64: 396-402.
26. Kean BH, Kimball AC, Christerson WN. An epidemic of acute toxoplasmosis. JAMA 1969; 208: 1.002-1.004.
27. Van der Veen J, Polak MF. Prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies according to age with comments on the risk of prenatal infection. J Hyg 1980; 85: 165-174.
28. McKnight KT, Robinson HW. Epidemiologic studies on human and feline toxoplasmosis. J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36: 37-47.
29. Kapperud G, Jenum PA, Stray-Pedersen B, Melby KK, Eskild A, Eng J. Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy. Results of a prospective case-control study in Norway. Am J Epidemiol 1996; 144: 405-412.
30. Buffolano W, Gilbert RE, Holland FJ, Fratta D, Palumbo F, Ades AE. Risk factors for recent Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women in Naples. Epidemiol Infect 1996; 116: 347-351.
31. Benenson MW, Takafuji ET, Lemon SM, Greenup RL, Sulzer AJ. Oocysts-transmitted toxoplasmosis associated with ingestion of contaminated water. N Engl J Med 1982; 307: 666-669.
32. Jeannel D, Costagliola J, Niel G, Huber B, Danis M. What is known about the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis? Lancet 1990; 336: 359-361.