TOXOPLASMA GONDII

MODE OF TRANSMISSION

• Ingestion of infected meat
• Ingestion of water contaminated with cat faeces
• Ingestion of contaminated soil
• Rodents
• Pet animals especially cat
• Organ transplant
• Transfusion
• Child birth

SYMPTOMS

• Generally asymptomatic and non-specific, sometimes mildly symptomatic.
• Symptoms like anemia, splenomegaly, headache, sore-throat.
• Jaundice, fever, hepatomegaly, adenopathy, vomiting, asthma.

EFFECTS

• Abortion.
• Affects the Vision and the nervous system of the fetus.
• Damage is dependent on the age of gestation i.e. maximum damage during the first 2 trimesters (hydrocephalus, mental and psychomotor retardation, blindness, and cerebral keratifications).

| Toxoplasma Gondii | Rubella | Cytomegalo Virus | Herpes simplex virus |