The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge

A brief report on the nature and epidemiology of T. gondii infection is firstly presented. The importance of the specific IgG avidity test and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for toxoplasmosis is discussed, along with their significance and importance as auxiliary methods for determining the most li...

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Autores principales: Bortoletti Filho, João, Araujo Júnior, Edward, Carvalho, Natália da Silva, Helfer, Talita Micheletti, Nogueira Serni, Priscila de Oliveira, Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado, Moron, Antonio Fernandes
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3803120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24191157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/370769
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author Bortoletti Filho, João
Araujo Júnior, Edward
Carvalho, Natália da Silva
Helfer, Talita Micheletti
Nogueira Serni, Priscila de Oliveira
Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado
Moron, Antonio Fernandes
author_facet Bortoletti Filho, João
Araujo Júnior, Edward
Carvalho, Natália da Silva
Helfer, Talita Micheletti
Nogueira Serni, Priscila de Oliveira
Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado
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description A brief report on the nature and epidemiology of T. gondii infection is firstly presented. The importance of the specific IgG avidity test and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for toxoplasmosis is discussed, along with their significance and importance as auxiliary methods for determining the most likely time for the initial infection by this coccidian and for defining the therapeutic strategy. Lastly, practical comments are made in relation to the classical therapeutic regimens, with special attention to the indications for fetal treatment, when this is necessary.
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spelling pubmed-38031202013-11-04 The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge Bortoletti Filho, João Araujo Júnior, Edward Carvalho, Natália da Silva Helfer, Talita Micheletti Nogueira Serni, Priscila de Oliveira Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado Moron, Antonio Fernandes Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Review Article A brief report on the nature and epidemiology of T. gondii infection is firstly presented. The importance of the specific IgG avidity test and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for toxoplasmosis is discussed, along with their significance and importance as auxiliary methods for determining the most likely time for the initial infection by this coccidian and for defining the therapeutic strategy. Lastly, practical comments are made in relation to the classical therapeutic regimens, with special attention to the indications for fetal treatment, when this is necessary. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3803120/ /pubmed/24191157 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/370769 Text en Copyright © 2013 João Bortoletti Filho et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Review Article
Bortoletti Filho, João
Araujo Júnior, Edward
Carvalho, Natália da Silva
Helfer, Talita Micheletti
Nogueira Serni, Priscila de Oliveira
Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado
Moron, Antonio Fernandes
The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title_full The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title_fullStr The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title_short The Importance of IgG Avidity and the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Treating Toxoplasmosis during Pregnancy: Current Knowledge
title_sort importance of igg avidity and the polymerase chain reaction in treating toxoplasmosis during pregnancy: current knowledge
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3803120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24191157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/370769
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