Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite infects most warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid family. Animals are infected by eating infected meat, by contact with cat feces, or by transmission from mother to fetus. Cats have been shown as a major reservoir of this infection. While this is true, contact with infected undercooked meat seems to be a more important cause of human infection in many countries.Up to one third of the world's population is estimated to carry a Toxoplasma infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that overall seroprevalence in the United States as determined with specimens collected by the third National Health and Nutritional Assessment Survey between 1988 and 1994 was found to be 22.5%, with seroprevalence among women of childbearing age of 15%. During the first few weeks, the infection typically causes a mild flu-like illness or no illness. After the first few weeks of infection have passed, the parasite rarely causes any symptoms in otherwise healthy adults. However, people with a weakened immune system, such as those infected with HIV, and fetuses, may become seriously ill, and it can occasionally be fatal. The parasite can cause encephalitis and neurologic diseases and can affect the heart, liver, and eyes . (From the Wikpedia article Toxoplasmosis.)

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Recent Publications on Toxoplasmosis:
[Management of congenital toxoplasmosis in France: current data.] Congenital toxoplasmosis is caused by transplacental contamination of the...	21st November, 2009	Departement de medecine neonatale, CHU de la Conception, F-13385 Marseille	Presse Med. 2009 Nov 17. DOI Direct Link
Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis using whole-blood interferon-{gamma} release assay. Congenital toxoplasmosis at birth is generally subclinical but infected...	20th November, 2009	Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Parasitologie, Hopital de la Croix	J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 18. DOI Direct Link
Mollaret Meningitis may be Caused by Reactivation of Latent Cerebral Toxoplasmosis. Mollaret meningitis (MM) occurs mainly in females and is characterized by...	20th November, 2009	Department of Social Pediatrics, Faculty of Public Health, University	Int J Neurosci. 2009;119(10):1655-1692.
Congenital toxoplasmosis from a chronically infected woman with reactivation of retinochoroiditis during pregnancy - an underestimated event? OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of congenital toxoplasmosis from an...	18th November, 2009	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.	J Pediatr (Rio J). 2009 Nov 16;86(1). DOI Direct Link
Patient with toxoplasmosis and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a case report. INTRODUCTION: Toxoplasmosis, a zoonotic protozoal disease caused by...	18th November, 2009	Department of Social Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida	Cases J. 2009 Aug 6;2:8826. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Toxoplasmosis:
17 of America's Most Promising Scientists Selected as 2009 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences	16th June, 2009	Pew Charitable Trusts	PHILADELPHIA, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 17 early-career scientists as Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Scholars receive a $240,000 award over

BioNews Results for Toxoplasmosis:
Food poisoning, stomach flu get same treatment	Chicago Sun-Times:  Nov 19 2009 9:29PM Matching: toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis Patents:
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7550490	Benzamide derivatives as histone deacetylase inhibitors with potent differentiation and anti-proliferation activity
7569384	Albumin fusion proteins
7569573	Diketo acids with nucleobase scaffolds: anti-HIV replication inhibitors targeted at HIV integrase
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7569597	Isoindoline compounds and methods of their use
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