Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States

We investigated 32 families of persons with acute toxoplasmosis in which >1 other family member was tested for Toxoplasma gondii infection; 18 (56%) families had >1 additional family member with acute infection. Family members of persons with acute toxoplasmosis should be screened for infectio...

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Autores principales: Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G., Maldonado, Yvonne, Montoya, Jose G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.121892
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author Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G.
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description We investigated 32 families of persons with acute toxoplasmosis in which >1 other family member was tested for Toxoplasma gondii infection; 18 (56%) families had >1 additional family member with acute infection. Family members of persons with acute toxoplasmosis should be screened for infection, especially pregnant women and immunocompromised persons.
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spelling pubmed-38408812013-12-04 Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G. Maldonado, Yvonne Montoya, Jose G. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated 32 families of persons with acute toxoplasmosis in which >1 other family member was tested for Toxoplasma gondii infection; 18 (56%) families had >1 additional family member with acute infection. Family members of persons with acute toxoplasmosis should be screened for infection, especially pregnant women and immunocompromised persons. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3840881/ /pubmed/24274896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.121892 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G.
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Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title_full Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title_fullStr Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title_full_unstemmed Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title_short Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States
title_sort acute toxoplasma gondii infection among family members in the united states
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274896
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