Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States.
This paper reviews clinical and asymptomatic Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and other animals in the USA. Seroprevalence of T. gondii in humans and pigs is declining. Modes of transmission, epidemiology and environmental contamination with oocysts on land and sea are discussed.
Dubey
J P
JP
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA. jitender.dubey@ars.usda.gov
Jones
J L
JL
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D033661:Oocysts; D011200:Poultry / Q000469:parasitology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission
D016054:DNA, Protozoan