title: Epidemiological review of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in Portugal.
abstract: Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis. However, data from Portugal are limited and a considerable part of the literature is in Portuguese. Currently, the rate of congenital infection in Portugal is unknown, and almost nothing is known of sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis. There is no recent general population-based serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii in humans in Portugal. In addition, there is little information on genetic characteristics of T. gondii in animals and humans. In the present paper, we review prevalence, clinical spectrum and epidemiology of T. gondii in humans and animals in Portugal. This knowledge should be useful to biologists, public health workers, physicians and veterinarians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences,University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD),Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real,Portugal.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory,Building 1001, BARC-East, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350,USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC),Limoges,France.
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dardé
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences,University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD),Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real,Portugal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology