Gilbert, RE;
Freeman, K;
Lago, EG;
Bahia-Oliveira, LM;
Tan, HK;
Wallon, M;
Buffolano, W;
... European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT); + view all
(2008)
Ocular sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil compared with Europe.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
, 2
(8)
, Article e277. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000277.
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Abstract
Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis appears to be more severe in Brazil, where it is a leading cause of blindness, than in Europe, but direct comparisons are lacking. Evidence is accumulating that more virulent genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii predominate in South America.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ocular sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil compared with Europe |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000277 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000277 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 Gilbert et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC2493041 |
| Keywords: | Brazil, Child, Preschool, Europe, Female, Genotype, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Neonatal Screening, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, Toxoplasma, Toxoplasmosis, Congenital, Toxoplasmosis, Ocular |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/46734 |
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