Toxoplasma Gondii: Prevalence in Humans and Animals, Genetic Structure and Role in Disease Distribution

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Melvin B. Goodson
Don Winslow

Series: Public Health in the 21st Century
BISAC: HEA039040

Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa, Coccidia order, being an obligate intracellular protozoan that affects humans and diverse vertebrate hosts. In this book, the authors discuss its prevalence in humans and animals, genetic structure and role in disease distribution. Topics include the congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in ovine; the role of chickens in the transmission of toxoplasmosis to humans; updates on the serological and molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis; epidemiology and control of toxoplasmosis in dogs, cats, bovine, and in public health. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Updates on Serological and Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis
(Marcia Antunes Fernandes, Aline Cardoso Caseca Volotão, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil)

Congenital Transmission of <i>Toxoplasma Gondii</i> in Ovine
(Thaís Rabelo dos Santos, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Alvimar José da Costa, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, FCAV, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Department of Production and Animal Health, FMVA, UNESP
Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil)

Epidemiology and Control of Toxoplasmosis in Dogs
(Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, André Luiz Baptista Galvão, Amanda Leal de Vasconcellos, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Thaís Rabelo dos Santos, Alvimar José da Costa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, UNESP, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Toxoplasmosis in Bovine
(Thaís Rabelo dos Santos, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Alvimar José da Costa, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, FCAV, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Department of Production and Animal Health, FMVA, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil, and others)

Toxoplasma Gondii: The Role of Chickens in the Transmission of Toxoplasmosis to Humans
(Valter Ferreira de Andrade-Neto, Ywlliane da Silva Rodrigues Meurer,
Laboratory of Malaria and Toxoplasmosis Biology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Center of Bioscience, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Natal/RN, Brazil)

Epidemiology and Control of Toxoplasmosis in Cats
(Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, André Luiz Baptista Galvão, Amanda Leal de Vasconcellos, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Thaís Rabelo dos Santos, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Milena Araúz Viol, Monally Conceição Costa de Aquino, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, UNESP, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Toxoplasmosis in Public Health
(Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, André Luiz Baptista Galvão, Amanda Leal de Vasconcellos, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Luiz Silveira Neto, Sandra Valéria Inácio, José Antonio Soares, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Thais Rabelo dos Santos, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, UNESP, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Control Program of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
(Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Regina Mitsuka Breganó, Fabiana Maria Ruiz Lopes Mori, Tercilia Oliveira Rodrigues, Thaís Rabelo dos Santos, Rodrigo Rabelo dos Santos, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, UEL, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, and others)

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