Regional variation in toxoplasmosis seronegativity in the São Paulo metropolitan region Variação regional na soronegatividade para toxoplasmose na região metropolitana de São Paulo

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: A.C.S. Guimarães, M. Kawarabayashi, M.M. Borges, J.E. Tolezano, H.F. Andrade Jr.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1993
• Subjects: Toxoplasmosis; Epidemiology; Serology; Foetal risk; Pregnancy; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Alta; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651993000600001; https://doaj.org/article/469ad071475f403f88c5d7fb9181d204

Toxoplasmosis is a highly prevalent zoonotic human infection caused by the Apicomplexa protozoon Toxoplasma gondii. The acute disease is usually mild or asymptomatic, except for foetal infection transmitted by acutely infected pregnant women, which courses as a devastating disease. In order to deter...