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Epidemiological review of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

A. P. LOPES ,
J. P. DUBEY ,
M.-L. DARDÉ  and
L. CARDOSO
A. P. LOPES*
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 Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
J. P. DUBEY
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
M.-L. DARDÉ
Affiliation:
Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC), Limoges, France INSERM UMR 1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, 2 avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France
L. CARDOSO
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 Parasite Disease Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal
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*Corresponding author. Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal. E-mail: aplopes@utad.pt
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Summary

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.

Keywords

Toxoplasma gondiitoxoplasmosishumansanimalsepidemiologyPortugal
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Parasitology , Volume 141 , Issue 13 , November 2014 , pp. 1699 - 1708
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