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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Screening
- Majority of the countries do not follow standard screening for the detection of toxoplasma infection during the antenatal period.
- In countries such as France, Austria, Brazil standard screening is followed during the antenatal period for detecton of toxoplasmosis .[1]
- Women are tested for antibodies aganist toxoplasma on their first antenatal visit, and if they are seropositive they are followed up periodically in every trimester to examine the trends in IgG titer levels.[2]
- Women who seroconvert during gestation, fetal testing by amniocentesis and fetal blood sampling is recommended to identify the infection status in the fetus.
References
- ↑ Doğan K, Kafkaslı A, Karaman U, Atambay M, Karaoğlu L, Colak C (2012). "[The rates of seropositivity and seroconversion of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women]". Mikrobiyol Bul. 46 (2): 290–4. PMID 22639318.
- ↑ Berghold, Christian; Herzog, Sereina Annik; Jakse, Heidelinde; Berghold, Andrea (2016). "Prevalence and incidence of toxoplasmosis: a retrospective analysis of mother-child examinations, Styria, Austria, 1995 to 2012". Eurosurveillance. 21 (33). doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.33.30317. ISSN 1025-496X.