Toxoplasma gondii

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Sections available in full article Classification, Distribution, Significance, Active Forms, Active Form 1, Active Form 2, Active Form 3, Clinical Effects, Epidemiology, Pathological effects, Other Host Effects, Control, Diagnosis, Useful samples, Specimen storage, Transport of samples, Laboratory diagnosis, Sources, Publications, Vetstream contributor(s),
Contributors Dr Ibulaimu Kakoma DVM PhD MSC DipBACT
Synonyms T. gondii

Classification


Taxonomy

  • Phylum: Apicomplexa .
  • Class: Sporozoea .
  • Subclass: Coccidia .
  • Order: Eucoccidiidae .
  • Suborder: Eimeriina .
  • Family: Sarcocystidae .
  • Genus: Toxoplasma ; single species - Toxoplasma gondii .

Distribution

  • Worldwide.
  • Prevalence 80-90% in some areas, as low as 1% in others.

Significance

  • There is a risk of fetal damage following maternal infection in humans.
  • Studies have shown that the risk of women developing toxoplasmosis after eating undercooked meat is 10 times higher than the risk of infection from cats/soil.
  • Causes toxoplasmosis  Toxoplasmosis  in cat (definitive host) and any mammal (intermediate hosts), zoonosis.

Sources

Publications

  • Cook A J, Gilbert R E, Buffolano W, Zufferey Jet al(2000)Sources of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women - European multicentre case control study.BMJ, 142-147.
  • Burney D Pet al(1998)Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii within aqueous humor of experimentally-inoculated cats.Vet Parasitol79(3), 181-186.
  • Dubey J P (1998)Advances in the lifecycle ofToxoplasma gondii.Int J Parasitol28(7), 1019-1024.
  • Dubey J P (1998)Toxoplasma gondiioocyst survival under defined temperatures.J Parasitol84(4), 862-865.
  • Stiles J, Prade R & Greene C (1996)Detection ofToxoplasma gondiiin feline and canine biological samples by use of the polymerase chain reaction.Am J Vet Res57, 264-267.

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