ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2014
Toxoplasmosis and pregnancy.
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessment of simultaneous IgM, IgG avidity, and IgA testing in diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
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- Review of Toxoplasmosis: What We Still Need to Do.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and testosterone level in Palestinian butchers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Possible Association Between Chronic Toxoplasmosis and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus In Women: A Case-Control Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Diseases Caused by and Behaviors Associated withPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Toxoplasma Gondii in humans, animals and in the environment in Morocco: a literature review.Gut pathogens · 2024Review
- Toxoplasma gondii vaccine candidates: a concise review.Irish journal of medical science · 2023Review
- TORCH Congenital Syndrome Infections in Central America's Northern Triangle.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Knowledge and practices of toxoplasmosis among healthcare workers at two large referral hospitals in Zambia: Implications on the One Health Approach.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Interplay between cross sectional analysis of risk factors associated withFrontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Toward waterborne protozoa detection using sensing technologies.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Screening for the Detection ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Oxadiazon Derivatives Elicit Potent Intracellular Growth Inhibition againstACS infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Analysis of Preventable Risk Factors forJournal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Question Congenital toxoplasmosis is a dangerous fetal infection. Why is routine screening for Toxoplasma gondii infection during pregnancy not available for most Canadians? Answer Low prevalence of the infection, high cost associated with testing, low sensitivity of screening tests, false-positive test results, and limitations of treatment effectiveness are all cited as reasons for not routinely screening for T gondii infection in Canada. Currently, screening for the detection of T gondii is only performed in Nunavik and other parts of northern Quebec owing to the high prevalence of infection in this region. Congenital toxoplasmosis causes neurologic or ocular disease (leading to blindness), as well as cardiac and cerebral anomalies.
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