Toxoplasmosis in Medical News

Fears About Pregnancy and cats Should not stop Those who want to Adopt a cat

... Veterinary neurologist allays fears about cat toxoplasmosis infections for those considering cat adoption ... become infected, said Chauvet, who has dealt with toxoplasmosis infections in her veterinary neurology practice ... attacks the brain, spinal cord or muscles. A toxoplasmosis infection is caused by toxoplasma gondii, a ...

17 of America's Most Promising Scientists Selected as 2009 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences

... pain Jon P . B oy l e, Ph. D . U nive r s i ty o f P i t tsb u rgh Host-pathogen interactions that underlie toxoplasmosis Z ev D. Bryant, Ph. D . Sta n ford U n iv e r s ity Biophysics, bioengineering of molecular motors Qing R . ...

Parasites that live inside cells use loophole to thwart immune system

... to specifically inhibit pathogens' ability to induce arginase in macrophages," he said. Such drugs might suppress such diseases as tuberculosis and toxoplasmosis by increasing the ability of macrophages to make nitric oxide. Researchers believe that the drugs could work in combination with existing treatments ...

Abortion drug's off-label use may have led to deaths

... including bacterial, viral and parasitic infections that can threaten a healthy pregnancy. Among these are group B Streptococcus, rubella and toxoplasmosis infections. Infections during pregnancy are cause for great concern, because they are thought to contribute to pre-term births, stillbirths and ...

Findings on Dangerous Parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii Published

... Their findings about Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis were published recently in three major scientific ... when they host an international conference on toxoplasmosis at Chico Hot Springs. Toxoplasmosis is ... and bioterrorism, the researchers said. Severe toxoplasmosis can cause AIDS patients to go into a deep ...

New Findings on Toxoplasmosis

... Their findings about Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis were published recently in three major scientific ... when they host an international conference on toxoplasmosis from June 29-July 2 at Chico Hot Springs. ... and bioterrorism, the researchers said. Severe toxoplasmosis can cause AIDS patients to go into a deep ...

Effect of parasitic infection on baby's sex

... in the Czech Republic, women with dormant toxoplasmosis are more likely to deliver boys than women who ... analysed the effect of latent (or dormant) toxoplasmosis [2] on the probability of the birth of a boy in humans. Latent toxoplasmosis is asymptomatic but is usually a life-long ...

Anti-Parasitic Drugs Useful in Reducing Damages of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

... infectious diseases and medical director of the toxoplasmosis Center at the University of Chicago, ‘but to ... National Collaborative Chicago-Based Congenital toxoplasmosis Study followed 120 infants from the United States and Canada who had been diagnosed with toxoplasmosis soon after birth and were referred, between 1981 ...

Parasitic infections and human immunity link found

... the immune system and helps the body fight the infections caused by the parasite. A parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) that causes toxoplasmosis is detected by human proteins called Toll-like receptors (TLR) that alert the immune system and the body fights the condition. In such an infection ...