List of Contributors | |
History and general epidemiology | p. 1 |
Toxoplasmosis in animals | p. 2 |
Transmission of toxoplasma | p. 5 |
Toxoplasmosis in humans | p. 8 |
Diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis | p. 12 |
General epidemiology | p. 15 |
Summary | p. 19 |
References | p. 22 |
Life cycle and animal infection | p. 26 |
Life cycle | p. 26 |
Sources of infection | p. 33 |
Cats | p. 36 |
Domestic animals | p. 40 |
Pets and exotics | p. 45 |
Strains | p. 48 |
Summary | p. 50 |
References | p. 51 |
Clinical features | p. 56 |
Incubation period | p. 57 |
Asymptomatic illness | p. 58 |
Symptomatic illness | p. 59 |
Summary | p. 74 |
References | p. 76 |
Diagnosis | p. 79 |
Preliminary tests | p. 80 |
Definitive tests | p. 86 |
Other antibody classes | p. 95 |
Antigen detection | p. 96 |
Miscellaneous tests | p. 98 |
Tests in other fluids | p. 100 |
Direct toxoplasma detection | p. 101 |
Other indicators of infection | p. 108 |
Summary | p. 109 |
References | p. 112 |
Treatment | p. 119 |
The drugs | p. 119 |
Other drugs | p. 127 |
Newer drugs | p. 129 |
Dose, duration, and efficacy | p. 130 |
Summary | p. 137 |
References | p. 139 |
Pregnancy | p. 144 |
Risk of infection | p. 144 |
Effects of infection | p. 149 |
Infection before pregnancy | p. 155 |
Management | p. 160 |
Screening | p. 169 |
Summary | p. 176 |
References | p. 178 |
Immunocompromised patients | p. 184 |
Immune response | p. 185 |
Malignancies | p. 190 |
Transplantation | p. 194 |
Infections | p. 196 |
Other conditions | p. 199 |
Summary | p. 199 |
References | p. 201 |
New techniques | p. 204 |
New techniques | p. 205 |
New knowledge | p. 207 |
Diagnostic applications | p. 216 |
Summary | p. 225 |
References | p. 227 |
The future | p. 232 |
The Problem | p. 233 |
Management | p. 235 |
Prevention | p. 238 |
Summary | p. 244 |
References | p. 247 |
Appendix 1: Common questions asked in pregnancy | p. 249 |
Appendix 2: Infection in the laboratory | p. 257 |
Index | p. 261 |
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