Toxoplasmosis

Introduction: Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii. It is found throughout the world. More than 60 million people ... more about Toxoplasmosis.

Toxoplasmosis: Infection often caught from cats and their feces. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Toxoplasmosis is available below.

Symptoms of Toxoplasmosis

• No symptoms - many infected people don't know they have it.
• Symptoms in mild cases where the immune system defeats it:
  • Mild symptoms
  • Feeling off color
  • Mild fever

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Medical Textbooks Online about Toxoplasmosis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Toxoplasmosis?

• Misdiagnosis of Toxoplasmosis
• Failure to diagnose Toxoplasmosis
• Underlying causes of Toxoplasmosis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Toxoplasmosis

Causes of Toxoplasmosis

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More information about causes of Toxoplasmosis:

• Drug interactions causing Toxoplasmosis (59 listings)
• Toxoplasmosis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Toxoplasmosis as a symptom

Treatments for Toxoplasmosis

• Medications
• Sulphonamides
• Pyrimethamine
• Folinic acid
• Corticosteroids

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Prognosis for Toxoplasmosis

Prognosis for Toxoplasmosis: Because Toxoplasma infections usually cause no symptoms or only mild symptoms, and your immune system keeps any remaining parasites in your body from causing further symptoms, most people don’t need to worry about getting it. (Source: excerpt from Toxoplasmosis: DPD)

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Reseach about Toxoplasmosis

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Clinical Trials for Toxoplasmosis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Toxoplasmosis include:

• Primary Prophylaxis of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in HIV-Infected Patients - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pyrimethamine,Leucovorin calcium
• A Randomized Prospective Study of Pyrimethamine Therapy for Prevention of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Individuals With Serologic Evidence of Latent Toxoplasma Gondii Infection - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pyrimethamine
• A Pilot Study of Oral Clindamycin and Pyrimethamine for the Treatment of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in Patients With AIDS - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pyrimethamine,Leucovorin calcium,Clindamycin
• A Study of Azithromycin Plus Pyrimethamine in the Treatment of a Brain Infection in Patients With AIDS - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Azithromycin,Pyrimethamine,Leucovorin calcium
• A Study of Pyrimethamine in the Treatment of Infection by a Certain Parasite in HIV-Positive Patients - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pyrimethamine,Leucovorin calcium,Zidovudine

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Prevention of Toxoplasmosis

Prevention information for Toxoplasmosis has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Toxoplasmosis.

• Avoid cats
• Avoid cat feces
• Avoid soil or garden areas possibly contaminated by cat feces
• Avoid children's sandpits
• Test to determine immunity to toxoplasmosis

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Statistics for Toxoplasmosis

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• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Toxoplasmosis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Toxoplasmosis
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Types of Toxoplasmosis

• Acute Toxoplasmosis
• Chronic Toxoplasmosis
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis - newborn condition caught by mother-to-fetus contagion

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Toxoplasmosis

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Article Excerpts about Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii. It is found throughout the world. More than 60 million people in the United States probably are infected with the Toxoplasma parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. (Source: excerpt from Toxoplasmosis: DPD)

Definitions of Toxoplasmosis:

A genus of protozoa parasitic to birds and mammals. T. gondii is one of the most common infectious pathogenic animal parasites of man. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Toxoplasmosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Toxoplasmosis, or a subtype of Toxoplasmosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Toxoplasmosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet