Outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in human beings and animal

Authors

  • Rafael André Ferreira Dias Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Roberta Lemos Freire Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2005v26n2p239

Keywords:

Toxoplasma gondii, Outbreak, Strain, Prevention.

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is one of the biggest wild world zoonosis and it can attack blood warmed animals from many species. Outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals are not related frequently and it could be due to either weak or asymptomatic characteristics. So, there are difficulties in the clinical characterization of this pathology with laboratorial confirmation and posterior notification. This review emphasizes the informed outbreaks in humans and animals, its sources of infection and ways of transmission that vary in accordance with local habits and sanitary conditions. It still approaches the genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains and prevention methods.

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Author Biographies

Rafael André Ferreira Dias, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Médico Veterinário e Mestre pelo Programa de Pos-Graduaçao em Ciencia Animal, Sanidade Animal, DMVP, UEL, Paraná, Brasil.

Roberta Lemos Freire, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Docente do Departamento de Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva, CCA, DMVP, UEL, Paraná, Brasil, CP 6001, CEP 86051-990,Londrina, Parana, Brasil.

Published

2005-06-30

How to Cite

Dias, R. A. F., & Freire, R. L. (2005). Outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in human beings and animal. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 26(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2005v26n2p239

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