Toxoplasmosis | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Toxoplasmosis


00:01:52 1 Signs and symptoms
00:02:04 1.1 Acute toxoplasmosis
00:04:07 1.2 Latent toxoplasmosis
00:05:33 1.3 Cutaneous toxoplasmosis
00:06:26 2 Cause
00:06:34 2.1 Parasitology
00:11:06 2.2 Transmission
00:14:06 2.3 Pregnancy precautions
00:17:30 3 Diagnosis
00:20:52 3.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis
00:23:49 4 Treatment
00:24:28 4.1 Acute
00:25:29 4.2 Latent
00:26:04 4.3 Congenital toxoplasmosis
00:27:13 5 Epidemiology
00:29:52 6 History
00:33:45 7 Society and culture
00:33:55 7.1 "Crazy cat-lady syndrome"
00:35:01 7.2 Notable cases
00:36:00 8 Other animals
00:37:31 8.1 Livestock
00:39:55 8.2 Domestic cats
00:41:56 8.3 Rodents
00:44:03 8.4 Marine mammals
00:45:13 8.5 Giant panda
00:45:44 9 Research
00:47:00 9.1 Mental health
00:49:22 9.2 Neurological disorders
00:49:49 9.3 Traffic accidents
00:50:10 9.4 Climate change
00:51:01 10 See also



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Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Infections with toxoplasmosis usually cause no obvious symptoms in adults. Occasionally, people may have a few weeks or months of mild, flu-like illness such as muscle aches and tender lymph nodes. In a small number of people, eye problems may develop. In those with a weak immune system, severe symptoms such as seizures and poor coordination may occur. If infected during pregnancy, a condition known as congenital toxoplasmosis may affect the child.Toxoplasmosis is usually spread by eating poorly cooked food that contains cysts, exposure to infected cat feces, and from a mother to a child during pregnancy if the mother becomes infected. Rarely, the disease may be spread by blood transfusion. It is not otherwise spread between people. The parasite is only known to reproduce sexually in the cat family. However, it can infect most types of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Diagnosis is typically by testing blood for antibodies or by testing amniotic fluid for the parasite's DNA.Prevention is by properly preparing and cooking food. Pregnant women are also recommended to not clean cat litter boxes. Treatment of otherwise healthy people is usually not needed. During pregnancy, spiramycin or pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine and folinic acid may be used for treatment.Up to half of the world's population is infected by toxoplasmosis, but have no symptoms. In the United States, about 23% are affected and in some areas of the world this is up to 95%. About 200,000 cases of congenital toxoplasmosis occur a year. Charles Nicolle and Louis Manceaux first described the organism in 1908. In 1941, transmission during pregnancy from a mother to a child was confirmed.