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Toxoplasmosis
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PATHOGENS
- Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular protozoan
- Environmental exposure to oocysts (cat feces) or food exposure (undercooked meat containing tissue cysts or contaminated raw shellfish) leads to infection.
- Infection lifelong; disease most often due to reactivation of latent tissue cysts. No person-to–person transmission.
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PATHOGENS
- Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular protozoan
- Environmental exposure to oocysts (cat feces) or food exposure (undercooked meat containing tissue cysts or contaminated raw shellfish) leads to infection.
- Infection lifelong; disease most often due to reactivation of latent tissue cysts. No person-to–person transmission.
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Last updated: January 25, 2014
Citation
Ghanem, Khalil G, and Lisa A Spacek. "Toxoplasmosis." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2014. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545207/all/Toxoplasmosis.
Ghanem KG, Spacek LA. Toxoplasmosis. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2014. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545207/all/Toxoplasmosis. Accessed January 19, 2020.
Ghanem, K. G., & Spacek, L. A. (2014). Toxoplasmosis. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545207/all/Toxoplasmosis
Ghanem KG, Spacek LA. Toxoplasmosis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2014. [cited 2020 January 19]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545207/all/Toxoplasmosis.
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