Toxoplasma gondii: The changing paradigm of congenital toxoplasmosis

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1829-1831

  Lindsay, D S ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital toxoplasmosis; genotypes; pregnancy; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE;

CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865596795     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001478     Document Type: Review

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