title: [Toxoplasmosis--epidemiology, clinical manifestation and infection in pregnant women].
abstract: Toxoplasma gondii infection is one of the most popular human zoonosis. Presented is the epidemiology and clinical symptoms of toxoplasmosis with particular attention to infection during pregnancy. The paper presents the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii, routes of transmission and clinical manifectations. The scheme of diagnostic and terapeutic procedures in case of infection during pregnancy is discussed. Congenital infection, serologic diagnostics and clinical symptoms have been described. Treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i Chorób Zakaźnych Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biesiada
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalinowska-Nowak
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czepiel
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control