Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review

Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is distributed worldwide and can affect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. The present review aimed to collect, compile and summarize the data on the prevalence...

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Autores principales: Rouatbi, Mariem, Amairia, Safa, Amdouni, Yosra, Boussaadoun, Mohamed Anis, Ayadi, Ouarda, Al-Hosary, Amira Adel Taha, Rekik, Mourad, Ben Abdallah, Rym, Aoun, Karim, Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz, Wieland, Barbara, Gharbi, Mohamed
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Publicado: EDP Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30767889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019006
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author Rouatbi, Mariem
Amairia, Safa
Amdouni, Yosra
Boussaadoun, Mohamed Anis
Ayadi, Ouarda
Al-Hosary, Amira Adel Taha
Rekik, Mourad
Ben Abdallah, Rym
Aoun, Karim
Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz
Wieland, Barbara
Gharbi, Mohamed
author_facet Rouatbi, Mariem
Amairia, Safa
Amdouni, Yosra
Boussaadoun, Mohamed Anis
Ayadi, Ouarda
Al-Hosary, Amira Adel Taha
Rekik, Mourad
Ben Abdallah, Rym
Aoun, Karim
Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz
Wieland, Barbara
Gharbi, Mohamed
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description Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is distributed worldwide and can affect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. The present review aimed to collect, compile and summarize the data on the prevalence of T. gondii infection in humans and animals in the five North African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt). Published data from national and international databases were used. Distribution patterns and risk factors for T. gondii infection are discussed, focusing on biotic and abiotic factors. This review is a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of T. gondii infection in North Africa and will therefore be a useful tool for researchers. It can also be used to propose or enhance appropriate national toxoplasmosis control programs.
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spelling pubmed-63768782019-03-01 Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review Rouatbi, Mariem Amairia, Safa Amdouni, Yosra Boussaadoun, Mohamed Anis Ayadi, Ouarda Al-Hosary, Amira Adel Taha Rekik, Mourad Ben Abdallah, Rym Aoun, Karim Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz Wieland, Barbara Gharbi, Mohamed Parasite Review Article Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is distributed worldwide and can affect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. The present review aimed to collect, compile and summarize the data on the prevalence of T. gondii infection in humans and animals in the five North African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt). Published data from national and international databases were used. Distribution patterns and risk factors for T. gondii infection are discussed, focusing on biotic and abiotic factors. This review is a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of T. gondii infection in North Africa and will therefore be a useful tool for researchers. It can also be used to propose or enhance appropriate national toxoplasmosis control programs. EDP Sciences 2019-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6376878/ /pubmed/30767889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019006 Text en © Rouatbi et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rouatbi, Mariem
Amairia, Safa
Amdouni, Yosra
Boussaadoun, Mohamed Anis
Ayadi, Ouarda
Al-Hosary, Amira Adel Taha
Rekik, Mourad
Ben Abdallah, Rym
Aoun, Karim
Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz
Wieland, Barbara
Gharbi, Mohamed
Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title_full Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title_fullStr Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title_full_unstemmed Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title_short Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review
title_sort toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in north africa: a review
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30767889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019006
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