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Congenital Toxoplasmosis

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Acute infection in a pregnant woman with a parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can have serious consequences on the fetus, ranging from fetal loss to severe neurologic or ocular lesions. In other cases, infected newborns are asymptomatic at birth but are at risk for developing retinal diseases during childhood or adolescence on Toxoplasma reactivation (Wallon et al. 2004). In the United States, the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis is estimated to be 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000 births, and approximately 400–4,000 cases of congenital toxoplasmosis occur each year.

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  1. Medical Genetics, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shreveport, LA, USA

    Harold Chen

  2. Perinatal and Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, 71130, Shreveport, LA, USA

    Harold Chen

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Chen, H. (2016). Congenital Toxoplasmosis. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_56-2

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