Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic ailment as a result of Toxoplasma gondii. Infections with
toxoplasmosis typically motive no apparent signs and symptoms in adults. Occasionally, people might also have some weeks or months of mild, flu-like illness inclusive of muscle aches and gentle lymph nodes. In a small range of human beings, eye issues might also broaden. In those with a susceptible immune machine, excessive signs including
seizures and bad coordination may additionally occur. If inflamed all through pregnancy, a circumstance referred to as congenital
toxoplasmosis may affect the kid.
Toxoplasmosis is typically spread by consuming poorly cooked food that consists of cysts, exposure to infected cat feces, and from an infected mother to her baby throughout pregnancy. Rarely, the disease may be unfold by using blood transfusion. It isn't otherwise spread between people. The parasite is thought to reproduce sexually only within the cat circle of relatives. However, it could infect most types of warm-blooded animals, along with human beings.[8] Diagnosis is commonly via checking out blood for antibodies or by means of testing amniotic fluid for the parasite's DNA.