Toxoplasmosis Research Paper

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blood test to determine whether there indeed are parasites in your system. If a women were to be pregnant, the doctors will as well perform various test on the child, which could be ultrasounds to check if there are any fetal abnormalities or antibody test on umbilical cord blood.
There are many ways that Toxoplasmosis can be spread or inherited. Most common ways that it is spread is usually through contact with cats or with anything or anyone who already have these parasites. Although, in many cases for newborn babies or fetuses, they unfortunately get infected by their mothers. For this particular infection, it is hard to sometimes detected or have be noticed, since most of the symptoms are similar to those of the flu. Toxoplasmosis at times

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