You can also search for this author in Part of Sera of 1514 patients with 10 autoimmune diseases in Europe and Latin America and 437 controls investigated for the prevalence of auto-antibodies and anti-Severe colonic inflammatory response is observed in pregnancy model for toxoplasmosis, associated with significant shortening in colonic length, with infiltration of lymphocytes, and macrophages and microabscess formations in the cryptic structures in infected dams (Recent investigations reveal mind alteration and sexual attraction in Toxoplasmosis is sexually transmitted to the partner by contaminated semen during natural mating. 2007, Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd, 3Tiao N, Darrington C, Molla B, Saville WJA, Tilahun G, Kwok OCH, Gebreyes WA, Lappin MR, Jones JL, Dubey JP: An investigation into the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella spp., feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) in cats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The sera were collected in Eppendorf tubes (Eppendorf-AG, Hamburg, Germany) and stored at 4°C for 48-78 hours until transported in an ice box to the Microbiology laboratory of the School of Veterinary Medicine where they were kept at – 20°C until tested.Sera were analyzed for the presence of IgG and IgM antibodies against A structured questionnaire was used to assess risk factors, which included: study area, age, residential area, house floor type, monthly income, level of education, pregnancy status, stage of pregnancy, presence of cats at home, contact with cats, precaution during cat feces handling, consumption of raw/undercooked meat, hand washing after handling raw meat, consumption of raw milk, consumption of raw vegetables, source of drinking water, exposure to soil, study participants awareness about toxoplasmosis and HIV status (predetermined). Variables that showed collinearity and low frequency were not offered to final model. Hypertension is the most common life-threatening problem in these moms. Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a widely prevalent intracellular parasite which infects almost all warm-blooded animals including humans and causes serious zoonotic toxoplasmosis. Commonly, in 2 weeks of treatment ocular lesions are resolved and further visual loss seized (In immunosuppressed patients, treatment of acute toxoplasmosis is required to protect against 100% mortality rate.  Therapies and duration depend upon clinical manifestation, oral administration, severity and duration of the immunosuppression (The number of cases of toxoplasmosis in HIV infected patients has remarkably decreased primarily due to the extensive use of trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole as primary prophylactic regimen for bothTrimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole was reported in a small (77 patients) randomized trial to be effective and better tolerated than pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine (Treatment is usually initiated upon assumption of Leucovorin  (Folinic acid)  10-50 mg/day (PO) continued 1 week after Pyrimethamine.Sulfadiazine (PO) 75 mg/kg (first dose) followed by 50 mg/kg/12hrTrimethoprim plus Sulfamethoxide 5-10 mg/kg/12 hr (PO or IV)To prevent relapse maintenance therapy has been well established practice in AIDS patients (The alternative therapy for patients, who do not tolerate or fail to respond, is combined pyrimethamine plus clindamycin and leucovorin (Combined therapies with trimethoprim plus Sulfamethoxazole, Pyrimethamine plus Atovaquone or Ataovaquone plus Sulfadizine are also effective in AIDS patients with Due to the high rate of adverse reaction and intolerance to above combinations, specifically in AIDS patients other combinations of pyrimethamine plus clarithromcyin (2g/day) or azithromycin (500 mg/day) might be effective (Leucovorin  (Folinic acid)  10-50 mg/day (PO) plus pyrimethamine and continued 1 week after Sulfadiazine  75 mg/kg (first dose) then 50 mg/kg/12 hr (PO)Trimethoprim plus Sulfamethoxide 5-10 mg/kg/12 hr (PO or IV)Fetal abortion is considered if fetal infection is documented with evidence of fetal abnormalities on ultrasound examination (Corticosteroid is administered as adjuvant therapy for inflammatory condition. DNA vaccines have proved effective in the protection against parasites. The authors also would like to extend their gratefulness to women of study areas for their collaboration in this study.Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Laboratory Technology, Ambo University, P.O.Box 19, Ambo, EthiopiaCollege of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Public Health, Addis Ababa University, P.O.Box 34, Debre-Zeit, EthiopiaCollege of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. 2006, 12: 504-512.
Toxoplasma gondii A species of obligate intracellular coccidian protozoans which has its sexual cycle in the GI tract of its definitive host, Felis catus.

Other adverse effects seen in AIDS patients treated with combined clindamycin plus pyrimethamine, are rash, hepatic function anomalies, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia (Other compounds, combined rifabutine plus atovaquone for 30 days or rifabutine plus clindamycin for 15 days showed synergism against Diclazuril [4-chlorophenyl [2,6-dichloro-4-(4,5-dihydro-3H-3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-triazin-2-yl)pheny l acetonitrile] is commonly used in poultry and livestock against coccidiosis. Diclazuril specifically affects apicoplast, a rudimentary organelle from While atovaquone protects against some aspects of gastrointestinal complications in experimental congenital toxoplasmosis in murine (An effective vaccine to protect cats against sexual stage and oocysts production and asexual stages and cysts production in animals and humans is desirable to eradicate the disease.  Thus far, there is no safe and effective vaccine available against Common sense and basic hygienic measurements and hands wash are required as the first step to prevent transmission of the Management of seroconverters is determined by the risk of maternal-fetal transplacental transmission of The date of maternal infection is of important relevance to transmission.
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01444.x.Itanna F: Metals in leafy vegetables grown in Addis Ababa and toxicological implications. Vet Parasitol. Ethiop Med J. T. gondii infects members of the cat family as definitive hosts and has a wide range of intermediate hosts. In some individuals the clinical symptoms can be broad and mimic viral diseases such as infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus and human herpes virus-6 with manifestation of sore throat, splenohepatomegaly, and presence of immature lymphocytes in blood stream. Unlike the reports of Gubre-Xiaber A relative increase in the seroprevalence was observed with increasing age, as it pertains to the cumulative effect of exposure to the infective stages of the parasite.