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toxoplasmosis common name
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Toxoplasmosis
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toxoplasmosis causal agent
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Toxoplasma gondi - sporozoan - non-motile (apicomplexa)
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toxoplasmosis reservoir & transmission
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zoonotic - vector-borne - can be vertical cyst from cats and other animals are ingested, cat feces, sandbox, food - vectors: cats, rats, birds - reservoir: food & feces
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toxoplasmosis portals of entry/exit - toxin -virulence factor - area affected
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pharynx - lymph nodes - cns - brain in newborns - liver - spleen - brain - eyes
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toxoplasmosis signs & symptoms
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(mimic mononucleosis) - sore throat - lymph node enlargement - low grade fever - chronic - persistent extensive brain lesions - fatal disruption of hearts/lungs - fetus: still birth - hydroencephalitis - enlarged liver & spleen - liver failure - convulsions - blindness
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toxoplasmosis lab id
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patient history - serological tests that detect antitoxoplasma antibodies (especially IgM) - histological analysis - blood culture
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toxoplasmosis treatment
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pyrimethamine - sulfadiazine
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toxoplasmosis prevention
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adequate cooking or freezing of meat below 20 degrees destroys oocysts & tissue cysts washing hands after handling cats or soil w/ cat feces (ex: sandbox & litter boxes) - pregnant woman should avoid cats & cat dung
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toxoplasmosis other information
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still birth - blindness
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