Role of Toxoplasma gondii IgG avidity testing in discriminating between acute and chronic toxoplasmosis in pregnancy

A Teimouri, S Mohtasebi, E Kazemirad… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Risk of mother-to-child transmission of Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy is much greater
in women who are exposed to primary T. gondii infection (toxoplasmosis) after conception …

Toxoplasma gondii infection and spontaneous abortion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Kalantari, T Gorgani-Firouzjaee, Z Moulana… - Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic infections in humans, which is caused
by Toxoplasma gondii. It is usually asymptomatic but primary infection in a pregnant woman …

The Impact of Latent Toxoplasma gondii Infection on Spontaneous Abortion History and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Large-Scale Study

AG Mocanu, DL Stoian, EL Craciunescu, IM Ciohat… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Toxoplasma gondii (TG), a zoonotic protozoan parasite, belongs to a group of
TORCH infectious agents, which can cause severe damage to the fetus if a primary infection …

Prevalence and Predictors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Psychiatric Inpatients in Fars Province, Southern Iran

A Teimouri, OJ Nassrullah, P Hedayati… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Psychiatric patients are at increased risk of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii
infection, which may be linked to their living facilities and behaviors. Limited knowledge on …

Oral sex: A new, and possibly the most dangerous, route of toxoplasmosis transmission

Š Kaňková, J Hlaváčová, J Flegr - Medical Hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease widespread in the temperate zone. The definitive hosts
of Toxoplasma gondii, which causes the disease, are cats. All warm-blooded vertebrates …

Adverse pregnancy outcomes in Toxoplasma gondii seropositive Hispanic women

T Mutka, A Seyfang, JY Yoo, SVO Dutra… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection is not thought to affect pregnancy or birth
outcomes, but there are few prospective studies. The study aims were T. gondii …

A Review of Immunological and Neuropsychobehavioral Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Humans

M Kazemi Arababadi, SH Abdollahi… - Parasite …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Toxoplasmosis as a zoonotic disease has a worldwide distribution and can infect a wide
range of animal hosts, as well as at least one third of the world's human population. The …

Aggravation of cognitive impairments in the valproic acid‐induced animal model of autism in BALB/c mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii

S Sheikhshoaee, F Taheri… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by infection with a type of coccidial protozoan
parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. The relationship between toxoplasmosis and cognitive …

Assessment of an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and IgG avidity test based on SAG1 and GRA7 proteins for discriminating between acute and …

A Teimouri, MJ Abbaszadeh Afshar… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
To improve serodiagnostic methods for diagnosis of acute from chronic toxoplasmosis, an
economical in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measuring …

The influence of exposure to Toxoplasma Gondii on host lipid metabolism

F Xu, X Lu, R Cheng, Y Zhu, S Miao, Q Huang… - BMC Infectious …, 2020 - Springer
Background Mounting evidence suggested a complex correlation between host lipid
metabolism and Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection. However, the inherent association …