Toxoplasma gondii antibody profile in HIV-1-infected and uninfected pregnant women and the impact on congenital toxoplasmosis diagnosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Toxoplasma gondii antibody profile in HIV-1-infected and uninfected pregnant women and the impact on congenital toxoplasmosis diagnosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Objective: Compare the anti-T. gondii IgG titer between HIV-1 infected and non HIV-1 infected pregnant women and report three cases of congenital toxoplasmosis resulting from reactivation of infection during pregnancy of HIV-1 infected women. Methods: This study was conducted among 2,270 pregnant wo...

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Main Authors: Márcia Antunes Fernandes, Giovanni Inácio Batista, Juliano da Costa Silveira Carlos, Ivete Martins Gomes, Kátia Martins Lopes de Azevedo, Sérgio Setúbal, Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Luis Guilhermo Coca Velarde, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012703008

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