title: Vertical transmission of toxoplasmosis from a chronically infected immunocompetent woman.
abstract: We report the vertical transmission of congenital toxoplasmosis from a chronically infected immunocompetent woman to her child. On the background of published knowledge in this field, vertical transmission must have developed after maternal reinfection or reactivation of the preexisting disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kodjikian
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hoigne
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacquier
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aebi-Ochsner
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aebi
authors.forename: Justus G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Garweg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000635:transmission*