Acute Toxoplasma gondii infection among family members in the United States

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;19(12):1981-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1912.121892.

Abstract

We investigated 32 families of persons with acute toxoplasmosis in which > or = 1 other family member was tested for Toxoplasma gondii infection; 18 (56%) families had > or = 1 additional family member with acute infection. Family members of persons with acute toxoplasmosis should be screened for infection, especially pregnant women and immunocompromised persons.

Keywords: Toxoplasma; Toxoplasma gondii; United States; acute Toxoplasma infection; acute toxoplasmosis; families; parasites; protozoa; toxoplasmosis.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Databases, Factual
  • Family
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Serotyping
  • Toxoplasma / classification
  • Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis
  • Toxoplasmosis / epidemiology*
  • United States / epidemiology