Epidemiology of and diagnostic strategies for toxoplasmosis

F Robert-Gangneux, ML Dardé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was discovered a little over 100 years ago,
but knowledge of its biological life cycle and its medical importance has grown in the last 40 …

Moving towards an integrated approach to molecular detection and identification of Toxoplasma gondii

C Su, EK Shwab, P Zhou, XQ Zhu, JP Dubey - Parasitology, 2010 - cambridge.org
The development of simple, sensitive and rapid methods for the detection and identification
of Toxoplasma gondii is important for the diagnosis and epidemiological studies of the …

Multicentric Comparative Analytical Performance Study for Molecular Detection of Low Amounts of Toxoplasma gondii from Simulated Specimens

Y Sterkers, E Varlet-Marie, S Cassaing… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although screening for maternal toxoplasmic seroconversion during pregnancy is based on
immunodiagnostic assays, the diagnosis of clinically relevant toxoplasmosis greatly relies …

Molecular diagnostics and parasitic disease

S Vasoo, BS Pritt - Clinics in laboratory medicine, 2013 - labmed.theclinics.com
Despite advances in medical knowledge and practice, parasitic diseases remain a
significant global health burden. Malaria alone is estimated to have caused 216 million …

Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis by polymerase chain reaction on neonatal peripheral blood

Y Sterkers, J Ribot, S Albaba, E Issert, P Bastien… - … and infectious disease, 2011 - Elsevier
In a cohort of 12 consecutive neonates, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) established the
diagnosis of 5 of 6 cases of congenital toxoplasmosis and did so earlier than serologic …

Molecular detection and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from clinical samples

V Ivović, M Vujanić, T Živković, I Klun… - InTech, 2012 - books.google.com
Over the past two decades, molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis, which is based on the
detection of T. gondii DNA in clinical samples, became an indispensable laboratory test …

Characterization and multicentric validation of a common standard for Toxoplasma gondii detection using nucleic acid amplification assays

E Varlet-Marie, Y Sterkers… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis essentially relies upon laboratory-developed
methods and suffers from lack of standardization, hence the large diversity of performances …

Evolution of Toxoplasma-PCR methods and practices: a French national survey and proposal for technical guidelines

G Roux, E Varlet-Marie, P Bastien, Y Sterkers… - International journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
The molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis lacks standardisation due to the use of numerous
methods with variable performance. This diversity of methods also impairs robust …

Multicentric comparative assessment of the bio-evolution Toxoplasma gondii detection kit with eight laboratory-developed PCR assays for molecular diagnosis of …

D Filisetti, Y Sterkers, MP Brenier-Pinchart… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid is an essential tool for the prenatal
diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis and is currently essentially based on the use of PCR …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and evolution of methods and practices for the molecular diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis in France: a 4-year survey

Y Sterkers, E Varlet-Marie, P Marty, P Bastien - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The prenatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis is currently based upon molecular
biology using a sample of amniotic fluid. The vast majority of centres globally (and all …