A RVIEW ON TOXOPLASMOSIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 9, Volume 55, Issue 1, April 2025, Pages 65-76 PDF (526.65 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2025.425068 | ||
| Authors | ||
| TOSSON A. MORSY1; MOHSEN R. MOHAMAD2; SHERIF FAROUK A. METWALLY2; TAREK ABDEL KADER SALLAM3; MOHAMED BAKR F. ALATTAR3; AMR ALY I. ELSHERIF4 | ||
| 1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt | ||
| 2Consultant of Gastroenterology, Air Forces General Hospital, Cairo, 11779 | ||
| 3Consultant of Public Health, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291 | ||
| 4Consultant of Clinical Pathology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite of worldwide dis tribution infects birds and mammals including man, where T. gondii can last long periods up to the lifetime. Felids are the only definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual repro duction. Human acquired infection by ingestion of undercooked meat containing cysts, ingestion of oocysts dropped cat feces with contaminated hands, food, or fruits, or vegetables, or soil, or water, and/or by organ transplantation or blood transfusion as well as congenital transplacental transmission. In the immuno-competent patients, T. gondii manifests as acute and chronic forms. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a virus attacks body’s immune system, and spreads from patient's body fluids as blood, breast milk, semen, and vaginal fluids or from a mother to her ba by. AIDS is the most HIV advanced stage. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Toxoplasmosis encephalitis; HIV/AIDS; Pathogenesis; Risky; Treatment | ||
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