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.
The incidence of toxoplasmosis in newborns is one in 1,000 live births.
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.
Jacob Karl Frenkel has written: 'Toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis, Brain, Diseases 'Toxoplasmosis; pathology of neonatal disease, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine for one year.
Didier Hentsch has written: 'Toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
Up to one-third of all people are infected with toxoplasmosis.
TOXOPLASMOSIS A parasite most commonly transmitted from animals (pets) to humans by contact with contaminated faces.
Spiramycin dose for treating toxoplasmosis during pregnancy
Anssi Tenhunen has written: 'Glandular toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
No, toxoplasmosis is not caused by a virus. It is a disease caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.
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