title: Toxoplasmosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this review is to update the latest information on a long-recognized infectious disease, ocular toxoplasmosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Topics include how the disease is acquired, how to make a clinical diagnosis, and what laboratory tests to order when the diagnosis is not clear. New insights into the genetic make-up of the parasite and new treatment alternatives are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recent findings are updated on the epidemiologic status of the disease, methods for correct diagnosis of unusual presentations, and alternative therapies.
authors.affiliation: Consultores Oftalmológicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. emdodds@consultoresoftalmologicos.com
authors.forename: Emilio M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dodds
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011379:Prognosis; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D016054:DNA, Protozoan