latent toxoplasmosis
Increased risk of traffic accidents in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis: a retrospective case control study
... Human latent toxoplasmosis leads to prolongation of reaction times [11] and changes in per- sonality profiles ...of toxoplasmosis in participants in traffic accidents should be higher than in the ...
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The association of latent toxoplasmosis and level of serum testosterone in humans
... [4]. Latent toxoplasmosis is known to induce various hor- monal and behavioral changes in infected humans and animals and may be involved in etiology of different neu- rologic and psychiatric disorders ...
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Molecular and serological detection of acute and latent toxoplasmosis using real-time PCR and ELISA techniques in blood donors of rafsanjan city, iran, 2013.
... oxoplasma gondii , the causative agent of toxoplasmosis is a parasitic proto- zoan which infects a wide range of warm-blooded vertebrates. The parasite infec- tion in human, as intermediate host, involves early ...
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Guanabenz Reverses a Key Behavioral Change Caused by Latent Toxoplasmosis in Mice by Reducing Neuroinflammation
... ABSTRACT Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite that has infected one-third of humans. The infection is permanent because the replicative form (tachyzoite) con- verts into a latent tissue cyst form ...
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Potential immunomodulatory effects of latent toxoplasmosis in humans
... The trend towards a slow return of the immune cell counts to normal suggests that the observed differences are a carry-out effect of acute infection rather than a consequence of latent toxoplasmosis. It ...
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Natural Latent Toxoplasmosis in Wild and Captivity-born Olive Baboons (Papio Anubis) in Kenya
... We conclude that baboons are naturally infected by T. gondii in the wild and may be important reservoirs of parasites for human infection especially where they are trapped and used as bush meat. We also conclude that ...
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in Malignant Breast Tissues in Breast Cancer Patients
... oncogenic pathogen to humans (10). However, there are several studies indicating that the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis is significantly higher in patients with cancer than non-cancer patients, including breast ...
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The Effectiveness of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the Emotions of Pregnant Women in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
... Figure 2 shows the percentages of the different answers of the second-dimension questions among IgG positive and IgG negative ELISA results. The results of dimension two showed that 14 out of 16 questions were with no ...
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TOXOPLASMOSIS: IN CATS AND HUMAN
... Thus, latent toxoplasmosis influence the behaviour of rodents host as well as humans. Toxoplasma infected subjects have high level of testosterone which is associated with lower cellular immunity (weak ...
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Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis and associated risk factors among migrant workers in Malaysia
... Despite full amenities provided, high prevalence of latent Toxoplasmosis among migrant workers. = acquired the infection from their home countries where the infections are prevalent [r] ...
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Longer pregnancy and slower fetal development in women with latent "asymptomatic" toxoplasmosis
... of latent toxoplasmosis on pregnancy is rather ...of latent toxoplasmosis on ...of latent toxoplasmo- sis in the mother on the postnatal development of her ...child. Latent ...
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Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis
... ocular toxoplasmosis were treated with a combination of pyrimethamine (100 mg the first day then 50 mg daily), azithromycin (500 mg the first day then 250 mg daily), and prednisone for 4 to 6 ...
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Severe Acquired Toxoplasmosis in Immunocompetent Adult Patients in French Guiana
... primary toxoplasmosis infection led to a presumptive diagnosis and treatment for ...acute toxoplasmosis and specific serological tests for all patients hospitalized with a marked, nonspecific infectious ...
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR TOXOPLASMOSIS
... RESULTS OF RABBIT, SLIDE, COMPLEMENT FIXATION AND SKIN TESTS IN PATIENTS. WHERE ONE OR MORE TESTS WERE POSITIVE[r] ...
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A multicenter survey on toxoplasmosis knowledge among pregnant women in Poland (the TOWER study)
... on toxoplasmosis among the studied pregnant women in ...about toxoplasmosis, risk factors, prevention, and conse- quences of the disease among pregnant women ...about toxoplasmosis, and that higher ...
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NEURO IMAGING OF CNS LESIONS IN AIDS
... to toxoplasmosis among CNS mass lesions in AIDS pa tients, while its nature in the CNS is still a big question since there is no lymphatic tissue in the ...
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MRI of ocular toxoplasmosis
... Overall, during the treatment (titration ⫹ evaluation) period, 44.6% of levetiracetam-treated patients were re- sponders (i.e., they experienced a ⱖ 50% reduction from baseline in weekly[r] ...
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High Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibody in HIV/AIDS Individuals from North of Iran
... of latent infection in immunocom- promised people including HIV/AIDS indi- viduals, and receiving chemotherapy (cancer- ous or organ transplant patients) can be fatal and is considered as one of the most rigorous ...
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Use of MAG1 Recombinant Antigen for Diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Humans
... Toxoplasma gondii (a member of the phylum Apicomplexa) is an ubiquitous protozoan parasite that infects a broad range of hosts, including humans and domestic animals. There are three infectious stages in the life cycle ...
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Recent Developments for Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis
... Prenatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis is primarily based on ultrasonography and PCR with amniotic fluid. PCR with amniotic fluid for the detection of T. gondii-specific DNA performed from 18 weeks of ...
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