Congenital toxoplasmosis: the state of the art

Parassitologia. 2008 Jun;50(1-2):37-43.

Abstract

A century after the first description the best preventative strategy against CT is still matter of debate. Over Europe, where prenatal and newborn screening are overspread, effectiveness/cost ratio remains undemonstrated.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Cat Diseases / transmission
  • Cats / parasitology
  • Female
  • Food Contamination
  • Food Parasitology
  • Forecasting
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meat / parasitology
  • Neonatal Screening
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / parasitology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control
  • Prenatal Care
  • Risk Factors
  • Toxoplasma / immunology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / transmission
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital* / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital* / prevention & control

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan