Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Brazil, from Field to Gene

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Authors

Lenildo de Moura · Ministério da Saúde

Lilian M. G. Bahia‐Oliveira · State University of Norte Fluminense

Marcelo Yoshito Wada · Ministério da Saúde

Jeffrey L. Jones · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Suely Tuboi · Ministério da Saúde

Eduardo Hage Carmo · Ministério da Saúde

Walter Massa Ramalho

Abstract

Water was the suspected vehicle of Toxoplasma gondii dissemination in a toxoplasmosis outbreak in Brazil. A case-control study and geographic mapping of cases were performed. T. gondii was isolated directly from the implicated water and genotyped as SAG 2 type I.

Topics & Keywords

Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 326-329

DOI: 10.3201/eid1202.041115

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