Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States

Int J Parasitol. 2008 Sep;38(11):1257-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.03.007. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Female
  • Food Parasitology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meat / parasitology
  • Oceans and Seas
  • Oocysts
  • Poultry / parasitology
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Swine / parasitology
  • Toxoplasma / pathogenicity
  • Toxoplasmosis* / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis* / prevention & control
  • Toxoplasmosis* / transmission
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal* / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal* / prevention & control
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal* / transmission
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / transmission
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses* / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses* / transmission

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan