Ocular Toxoplasmosis in the United States: Recent and Remote Infections

We tested all samples from patients with ocular toxoplasmosis sent to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Toxoplasma Reference Laboratory from June 2004 through August 2010 for serologic evidence of recent Toxoplasma gondii infection. Of 205 patients aged 10–96 years, 11.7% had recent infection. Many p...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 271 - 273
Main Authors:	Jones, Jeffrey L., Bonetti, Valerie, Holland, Gary N., Press, Cindy, Sanislo, Steven R., Khurana, Rahul N., Montoya, Jose G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Oxford University Press 15-01-2015
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antibodies, Protozoan - blood BRIEF REPORT Child Eyes & eyesight Female Humans Infectious diseases Male Middle Aged Parasitic diseases Seroepidemiologic Studies Toxoplasma - immunology Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - epidemiology United States - epidemiology Young Adult United States United States > US eye Toxoplasma gondii toxoplasmosis ocular
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Summary:	We tested all samples from patients with ocular toxoplasmosis sent to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Toxoplasma Reference Laboratory from June 2004 through August 2010 for serologic evidence of recent Toxoplasma gondii infection. Of 205 patients aged 10–96 years, 11.7% had recent infection. Many people develop ocular disease soon after T. gondii infection.
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ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/ciu793