The single-celled protozoan Toxoplasma gondii produces eggs in cat intestines. The eggs shed in cat feces and can survive for up to 18 months in the soil.
Jacob Karl Frenkel has written: 'Toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis, Brain, Diseases 'Toxoplasmosis; pathology of neonatal disease, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
You can catch toxoplasmosis from mice feces in your home. Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that pets can carry, especially cats.
Cats are toxoplasmosis carriers and toxoplasmosis is dangerous for foetuses except if the mother has already had toxoplasmosis.
The incidence of toxoplasmosis in newborns is one in 1,000 live births.
TOXOPLASMOSIS A parasite most commonly transmitted from animals (pets) to humans by contact with contaminated faces.
Up to one-third of all people are infected with toxoplasmosis.
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine for one year.
Didier Hentsch has written: 'Toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
Spiramycin dose for treating toxoplasmosis during pregnancy
No, toxoplasmosis is not caused by a virus. It is a disease caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.
Anssi Tenhunen has written: 'Glandular toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
Maternal treatment with spiramycin for toxoplasmosis infection occurring within the first two weeks of pregnancy prevents transmission to the fetus. The prognosis for congenital toxoplasmosis depends on its severity.